Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Madison, WI
The obituaries in the Madison, WI Area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity Madison's history and identity.
Sue Ellen Moore
May 11, 2024
Sue Ellen Moore, age 80, passed away on May 11, 2024. Sue, formerly of Peoria, Illinois, had lived in McFarland, Wisconsin for the past seven years. She was born in Peoria, Illinois on September 16, 1943 to Mildred (Higgs) and Harold Shreve, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her uncle Harold Higgs and her grandson...
Louise Irene Eastland
May 10, 2024
Louise Irene Eastland (Lyon), age 96, left this earthly realm, surrounded by family, on May 10, 2024 while living with her daughter Virginia and son-in-law Richard, in Cambridge, Wisconsin. She was lovingly cared for and lived heroically with Alzheimer's disease for the last 6 years of her impactful life. Louise’s doting daughter, Kathy, and her husband traveled routinely, along with her son, Mark, to provide respite care. Her...
Susan R. Goldstein
May 10, 2024
Susan (Sue) Ruth Goldstein, 84 of Madison, WI died Friday, May 10, 2024. Sue was born November 29, 1939, in New York City. She attended Hunter College in NYC, becoming a public school teacher for more than 20 years, teaching in New York City, Evansville, Madison and Appleton, WI and Chestertown, MD. In 1979 Sue returned to Madison and launched...
Carolyn Rae Griffith
May 10, 2024
Carolyn Rae Griffith
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Westport/ Waunakee
Carolyn Rae Griffith of Westport/ Waunakee, age 78, died on May 10, 2024 at UW Hospital in Madison, surrounded by her family.
She was born on Sept. 7, 1945 to Harold and Lilas (Gunlaw) Klaas. She graduated from Fennimore High School in 1963 and moved to Madison where she worked various jobs until she landed at Middleton Farmers...
Kathryn A. "Kappy" Bredemus
May 9, 2024
Kathryn “Kappy” (Ek) Bredemus of Wauankee, WI earned her guardian angel wings at the wise age of 90 years young on May 9, 2024. The woman known for her story telling, was born in the quaint town of Shell Lake in northern Wisconsin to Walter and Anastasia Ek. She spent her youth with her younger siblings and life long friends...
Robert Leslie Kelly
May 9, 2024
On May 9, 2024, our Heavenly Father welcomed one of His earthly angels into His loving arms. Robert (Bob) passed away in the hospital two months after the acute onset of severe hypoxia caused by one of his heart medications.
He was born on January 30, 1935, in Ishpeming, Michigan. He was the oldest of two children born to Robert L....
Kim Nilsson
May 9, 2024
Kim G. Nilsson, died peacefully at the University of Wisconsin Hospital on May 9, after a long battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1939, to Nils Nilsson and Rita. He came to Indiana University, Bloomington, as an undergraduate to study Russian in 1958. During that time, he worked as an interpreter for the State...
Dorothy Marsh
May 9, 2024
Stoughton- Dorothy Marsh, age 101, left on her final journey on May 9, 2024, following a life well lived.
In her words: “I was born March 25, 1923, in Minnesota (at home during a snowstorm) to Hjalmer and Anna (Matson) Peterson. I attended country school in Sebeka and graduated high school in Detroit Michigan. I did many jobs including office work,...
Virginia R. Cramer
May 8, 2024
MADISON – Ginny R. Cramer, age 84, passed away on May 8, 2024, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. She was born to Gordon and Frances Cheeseman Albert on August 22, 1939, in Neenah, Wisconsin. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh where she met and married Harold Cramer on August 27, l 960, at Neenah, Wisconsin. They both graduated with high honors. She taught kindergarten in Madison and then in California. In 1963, she and...
Youri V. Plokhenko
May 8, 2024
Youri V. Plokhenko died on May 8, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin after a decade-long battle with multiple myeloma. He was born in the Soviet Union and grew up in the region that would later become Ukraine.
Whether science informs art or art informs science, Youri was a Renaissance man to the core: he was broadly knowledgeable in science, math, the arts,...
Vincent Anthony Endres
May 8, 2024
Vincent Anthony Endres, 96, went home to the Lord on May 8, 2024 with family by his side. He was born to Ludwig and Catherine (Noltner) Endres on December 19, 1927.
Vincent married Lorraine Koch on June 16, 1953. He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren and in-laws; Jeanne (Ken) Baum, Eric and Andrew; Eileen (Vern) Statz, Jeff, Shelly...
Lorraine E. Stieve
May 8, 2024
Sun Prairie- Lorraine E. Stieve, age 96, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. She was born in Sun Prairie on November 21, 1927, the daughter of Lloyd and Frances Lincoln. Lorraine graduated from Madison East High School in 1946. On September 15, 1951 she married Harold Stieve. Together they enjoyed traveling out west, spending time at their cottage,...
Blanca Martin
May 7, 2024
Blanca Martin passed away peacefully with family all around on May 7, 2024.
Blanca was born to Isabell and Paula Garza on December 27, 1948 along with her twin sister, Elsa, born minutes after.
At the young age of 5 she and her family emigrated from Mexico to the United States in search of the American Dream and eventually took up residence in...
Florence S. Filley
May 7, 2024
Florence A. Filley left this world on May 7, 2024 to be reunited with all her loved ones who passed before her. She was born on November 21, 1928 in Ashtabula, Ohio to Paul Simon and Victoria Nagem Simon. A graduate of St. Joseph Academy, she continued on to earn her undergraduate degree from West Virginia University and her graduate...
Esther J. Funk
May 7, 2024
Esther J. Funk, age 95, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at Meriter Hospital from complications of congestive heart failure and pneumonia.
Esther was born on September 23, 1928 in Middleton, Wisconsin to the late John and Clara (Binius) Meyer. She graduated from Middleton High School and went on to work various office jobs. On a snowy Easter, April 17, 1949...
Doris "Lee" Leoda McLaughlin
May 6, 2024
McFarland - Doris Leoda “Lee” McLaughlin, she left this earth just as Sunday May 5th came to a close, and finally joined her dearly missed husband, Dick, after 14 years.
Doris Leoda McLaughlin, born November 3, 1923, in Gettysburg, PA was a lot of things to a lot of people. She was a daughter to William and Sarah Urilla Schields. She...
Mary J. Tarrow
May 6, 2024
Mary Tarrow, beloved wife of Terry Tarrow, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2024.
Mary was born September 7, 1952, in Canon City, Colorado. She was raised in the home of her grandmother, Lee Mae Wyatt. After high school, Mary attended nursing school. She also attended classes at MATC. She worked at the University of Wisconsin as a receptionist.
Terry...
Carla Rae Flowers
May 5, 2024
Warner Robins – Carla Rae Flowers, a cherished wife, mother, sister and friend, entered into rest on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at the age of 60. Born on July 28, 1963, in Madison, Wisconsin, Carl was the daughter of the late Lois N. Walden McKnight.
Carla’s formative years were spent in Madison, where she attended Madison West Hight School and later,...
Ilona Maria Smith
May 4, 2024
Ilona Maria Smith, age 84, passed away on Saturday May 4th, 2024, at Agrace Hospice in Madison, Wisconsin. She was born on June 17th, 1939, In Greenland Michigan, the daughter of Bertha Helen (Uotila) Smith and Oiva Raymond Smith of Mass City, Michigan. Ilona graduated from Mass High School in 1957. She furthered her education at Michigan State University, graduating...
Paul Greisen
May 4, 2024
Paul Joseph Greisen, 86, of Waunakee (formerly of Spring Green) passed away Saturday May 4th, 2024, surrounded by the four special girls in his life that treasured him more than anything.
Paul was born on February 6, 1938, in Rice Lake, WI to Paul and Marcella (Demers) Greisen, graduated from Rice Lake High School in 1957, and married his wife, Carol...
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