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.
Michael Charles White
Oct 5, 2023
“If you are reading this then be glad your not in this section.” – Big Mike
Stoughton – Michael Charles White, age 72, of Stoughton, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with lung’s disease, heart disease, and cancer. He was born in Madison, WI to the late Clifford White and Mary...
Mary A. Crichton
Oct 5, 2023
McFarland / Edgerton – Mary Arlene (Drought) Crichton, 76, passed away on Thursday October 5, surrounded by family. Mary was born March 29, 1947, to John and Melva Drought. She grew up in Edgerton where she met and married her husband of 57 years, Clifford Crichton. In 1972 they built their home in the country in McFarland where they...
Delores M. Cefalu
Oct 5, 2023
SUN PRAIRIE—Delores Mae Cefalu died peacefully at home with her family on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at the age of 84. She was born on September 28, 1939 to John B. and Delores Franklin in Madison.
Delores was preceded in death by Salvatore Cefalu; her sisters, Ruth Brabant, and Georgia DaSilva; brothers Doad and Dick Franklin. She is survived by...
Ruth Elizabeth Bartlett
Oct 4, 2023
Ruth Elizabeth Bartlett, 97, died on October 4, 2023, at the Brookdale Middleton Stonefield memory care facility where she moved this past January. She was born in Lima, Ohio on September 25, 1926. The daughter of Harold and Alice McMullen, she grew up in a family of three brothers and four sisters.
She met her soon to be husband...
Donna M. Kuykendall
Oct 4, 2023
Madison – Donna M. Kuykendall, age 73, passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 4, 2023 after a brief illness. She was born June 15, 1950 in Madison to the late Leon and Hazel (Manson) Kuykendall. Donna worked for three decades, with the support of Pathways of Wisconsin, retiring in 2020.
Donna loved her work at the Department of Health...
Darlene R. Phillips
Oct 4, 2023
Darlene Rose Phillips, 77 of Sun Prairie passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family.She had a six month battle with pancreatic cancer. She never gave up hope, she remainedeternally optimistic and continued to live her life to the fullest. This is how she was throughoutlife, always with a big smile and everything was “great” to her. The show of...
Joseph Arthur Swanson
Oct 3, 2023
Joseph Arthur Swanson, 82, passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin. Joseph was born December 14, 1940, in Los Angeles, California, to Arthur and Bernice (Moran) Swanson. He earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in Economics & History, 1964, and a Ph.D. Economics, 1968, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He met his wife Lucia...
Mary Ann Lunda
Oct 3, 2023
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Mary Ann Lunda, age 92 of Madison, Wisconsin passed away peacefully on October 3rd, 2023. Mary was born to parents Frank and Katherine Statz in Madison, WI on November 5th, 1930 and grew up in Sun Prairie. She attended school at Sacred Heart and graduated from Madison Business College. After working in Manitowoc and Chicago, she took...
Daniel J. Hopfensperger
Oct 3, 2023
SUN PRAIRIE- Daniel J. Hopfensperger passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, after nearly 15 years of defying the odds of living with Multiple Myeloma.
Born on April 11, 1954, Dan was youngest of 6 siblings raised in Darboy, WI. He graduated from Kimberly High School and UW-La Crosse. Dan had a long and successful career with the...
Clifford B. Weihert
Oct 2, 2023
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Lois A. Short
Oct 2, 2023
McFarland - Lois Short, age 86, passed away on October 2, 2023.
She was born on April 28, 1937 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin to Viola and Dan H. Williams. She
grew up in Ridgeway and attended Ridgeway Schools and the University of Platteville.
Afterwards, she taught school in Dane County. She married in 1958 and moved to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa...
John G. Richardson
Oct 2, 2023
McFarland – John G. Richardson, age 78, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 2, 2023, at his home in McFarland. He was born April 19, 1945, in Richland Center to the late Alvin and Margaret Richardson. John attended St. John’s Catholic Grade School and graduated in 1963 from River Valley High School. He is a 1968 graduate of UW...
Thomas D. Sullivan
Oct 2, 2023
MADISON/GREEN BAY — Thomas D. Sullivan, died on October 2, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was a husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend, and lifelong Packer and Badger sports fan.
Tom was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Donel and Jean Sullivan, the fourth of nine siblings. He grew up attending Packer games, having family picnics at Point Beach, going...
Doris Caldwell
Oct 1, 2023
Resilient, tenacious, fiercely independent, and beautiful, Doris Caldwell lived well to the day she passed. Bringing joy, hope, and inspiration to all she encountered, she lived with a wonderment & curiosity about the world in which we live, to her last day.
Doris Onsager was born and grew up in downtown Milwaukee, attending schools in Milwaukee, Illinois, and at the...
Norman W. Parsons
Sep 30, 2023
Norman W Parsons entered into the presence of the Lord on September 30, 2023. He was 97 years old. He was the son of John & Jennie Parsons of Springville, New York.
After graduating from high school in Springville, New York he entered Houghton College in May 1944. Upon graduation he continued his studies at Asbury College where he got...
Donna Johnson
Sep 30, 2023
Monona- Donna Johnson, age 77, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Saturday, September 30, 2023. She was born in Crystal Fall, MI on January 1, 1946, the daughter of Clarence and Dora Johnson.
Donna worked in patient care, as a switch-board operator, and was a long time homemaker. She was a long time member of the American Legion...
Robert Koch
Sep 30, 2023
Robert "Bob" Koch, age 68, of Madison, Wisconsin, passed away on Saturday, September 30th, 2023, at UW Health University Hospital. Born in Detroit, Michigan on December 10th, 1954, he was the son of the late Ernest and Marion Koch.
Bob grew up in Waterford, Michigan, and found his passion for pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin, graduating with...
Janis Janelsins
Sep 30, 2023
Janis Janelsins, age 77, passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2023 in McFarland, WI. He was born on June 27, 1946 in Neunburg Vorm Wald, Germany with his twin brother Gunard, to Eduards and Malvine Janelsins, natives of Latvia. Janis graduated Warren Township High School in 1964 and from Butler University in 1968. He received his Master’s Degrees from Ball...
Arlana Kay Schultz
Sep 29, 2023
Arlana Kay Schultz passed away on September 29, 2023 surrounded by love.
She was born on June 16, 1961 in Madison to Helmut “Bud” and Arlene (Miller) Widmann, joining her siblings Helene and Harlan.
At age five months, her mother passed from cancer, and the family relocated to the Monona Bay area to be nurtured and raised by her paternal...
Gordon L. Krueger
Sep 29, 2023
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GORDON L. KRUEGER
April 27,1940 to September 29,2023
Madison, Wisconsin
Gordon Krueger was born on April 27, 1940, in Westboro, Wisconsin, to Frank C. and Marie A. (Sievert) Krueger and passed away September 29 at the age of 83 at Four Winds Manor and Lodge in Verona, Wisconsin.
A graduate of Medford...
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