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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.
Lyle F. Hird
Jan 19, 2024
Born on July 28, 1929 in Cuba City, WI to Wilbur E Hird and Genevieve McKenna Hird. Died in Madison, Wisconsin on January 19, 2024.
Lyle attended UW-Platteville until he was drafted into the US Army. He served in Korea during the Korean War. When he returned from military service, he married Carol Steiger in 1953 in Potosi, Wisconsin....
Jennifer Ann Ottersen
Feb 13, 2024
Jennifer Ann (Vander Sanden) Ottersen, age 51, passed away at New Castle, CO, on February 13, 2024. She was born August 11, 1972, to David and Louise Vander Sanden, and grew up in East Bristol (Sun Prairie), Wisconsin. She was a graduate of Sun Prairie HS, UW LaCrosse and UW Madison School of Nursing. She married Arild Ottersen in Porsgrunn,...
Brian J. Staben
May 14, 2024
Brian Staben passed away on May 14, 2024. Arrangements are pending. A full obituary may be available at a later date. If you would like to be notified when an obituary is on our website, you can sign up for our email notifications at https://www.cressfuneralservice.com/mialinglist
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Lois G. Anderson
May 14, 2024
Lois G. Anderson passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Services are currently pending. A full obituary will be available at a later date.
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Patricia Ann Weinswig
May 12, 2024
Patricia Ann Weinswig, age 86 passed away on May 12, 2024
Pat was born to Alan and Bernice McLeod in Chicago on October 17, 1937. She grew up on the south side of Chicago in South Shore. After working part time as an apprentice in a neighborhood pharmacy during high school, she decided that she wanted to become a pharmacist. Pat...
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
78
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...
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,...
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 27t, 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...
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...
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.
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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...
Homer Jerome Vick
May 4, 2024
Homer Jerome Vick, age 100 years and two months, passed peacefully in his sleep on May 4, 2024, in his apartment at Milestone Senior Living Stoughton. Homer was born in Madison, Wisconsin to Della Melida Hjortland Vick and Homer Levi Vick on February 22, 1924. He was a lifelong resident of McFarland, WI.
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