Dec 31, 2019

MADISON/WESTPORT-August R. Beck, age 88, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 4, 1931, the son of Henry and Ella Beck. He married Louise Jensen on June 6, 1953. August spent his early years farming with much of his working career in construction. He enjoyed tinkering with...

Dec 30, 2019

WAUNAKEE- On Monday, December 30, 2019, Robert (Bob) Duane Bechtel lost his 50-year battle with diabetes. He was born on May 20, 1953, in Minneapolis, MN to Clarence and Dorothy (Nordwall) Bechtel. On May 1, 1976, he married Linda Clough in Beecher, IL. They lived most of their lives in Waunakee, WI. They had one son, Bryon (Becky)...

Dec 29, 2019

Clarence (Rex) Lukasavige, age 92, of Madison, WI passed away on December 29, 2019 at All Saints Assisted Living. He was born on October 26, 1927 in Stevens Point, WI, the son of Mary and Stanley Lukasavige. He married Jean Ann Retzner on October 1, 1949 in Stevens Point, WI. Rex Lukasavige has gone to be with God...

Dec 29, 2019

Tamara Lynn Schmid, 49, of Madison Wisconsin was called home to the Lord on Sunday, December 29, 2019. Tamara was born July 4, 1970, in Madison, Wisconsin, and was the daughter of Susan L Vassar. Tamara dedicated her life to her husband, her sons, and countless friends throughout the years. Her spirit and the sacrifices she has made,...

Dec 29, 2019

Stoughton- Patricia J. Steaffens, age 88, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2019. She was born in Chicago on July 22, 1931, the daughter of Howard and Virginia Jenkins. Pat graduated cum laude from Ripon College with a Bachelor's Degree. On June 14, 1952 she married William C. Steaffens at Ravenswood United Methodist Church in Chicago. Pat worked...

Dec 28, 2019

Patricia (Pat) Ann Schultz (North), Madison, passed away at Chamomile Assisted Living with Agrace Hospice assisting her and family, on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at the age of 89, with family by her side.

Born, September 4, 1930, in Omaha, Nebraska to Berger and Hazel (Seiler) North. In 1943, with her mother and two brothers, Donald and...

Dec 28, 2019

Lehmann, Richard James "Dick" Madison: Richard James "Dick" Lehmann started his journey home to his Savior December 28, 2019 at the Villa at Middleton Village. He was 80 years old. Richard was the second of six sons born to Rev. E.F. Hy. and Martha C. (Horn) Lehmann. Dick was born on April 21, 1939 in Beatrice, Nebraska. He...

Dec 27, 2019

Johnson, Delores D. Waunakee: Delores D. Johnson, age 74, died at Agrace HospiceCare Dec. 27, 2019. She was born Oct. 31, 1945 in Poynette the daughter of Levi and Dorothy (Cline) Johnson. Delores worked for Ray O Vac and later UW Housing. She enjoyed a good game of cards, old movies, shopping, and fish fries. She is survived...

Dec 27, 2019

WAUNAKEE- Donald "Donnie" E. Dorn, age 73, passed away peacefully at his home in Waunakee on Friday, December 27, 2019. He was born on August 8, 1946, in Roxbury, WI to Francis "Frank" and Josephine (Ballweg) Dorn. He married Patricia Richgels in 1966 and she preceded him in death in 1987. He married Bonnie Bauman in 1996. Don...

Dec 26, 2019

Stoughton- Obert Arnold Sperstad, age 92, died on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at the WI Veterans Home in King. He was born in Stoughton on October 16, 1927, the son of Ole and Ela Sperstad. Obert is survived by his four children, Sonja Goldbeck, Barbara Douglas, Lauri Morale, and Daniel Sperstad; granddaughter, Meghan Robinson; three great grandchildren; and...

Dec 26, 2019

MADISON- James Robert Duchemin, age 74, passed away peacefully on December 26, 2019, surrounded by loving family, after an arduous battle with pancreatic cancer. Jim was born on November 4, 1945, the son of William and Theresa Duchemin, in Milwaukee, WI. After graduating from Marquette University High School in 1963, Jim attended the University of Notre Dame where...

Dec 26, 2019

Marcus M. Roelke Waunakee: Marcus Martin Reoelke, age 90, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Marcus was born in Lodi on May 15, 1929, the son of Norman and Helen Roelke. He married the love of his life, Beverly (Jacobson), on June 6, 1953. Together they raised seven children. Marcus was...

Dec 26, 2019

Mrs. Yvonne Chelecki, Ph.D., age 83, died on December 26, 2019. She was born, Countess Yvonna Alicia Radziszewska Szczurowska into Polish Aristocracy in Luck, Wolyn, Poland on August 4, 1936 to Jan and Aniela Radziszewska Szczurowska. Her fairytale childhood was interrupted in 1938 by the invasion on Poland at the outset of WWII. Her uncle, the prominent governor...

Dec 25, 2019

Lubkeman, William F. Deforest: William Fred Lubkeman passed away at Fountainhead Homes on December 25, 2019. Bill was born in Germany on December 31, 1925, and came to the United States with his family as an infant. He is survived by his daughter Lynn Lubkeman, son Steve Lubkeman (LeAnn), grand-children, Matthew Meisner (Frances Armstrong), Bradley Lubkeman (Jackie Murphy),...

Dec 25, 2019

Stoughton- S. Keith Slinde, age 81, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at his home. He was born in Madison on July 19, 1938, the son of Stanley and Gunhild Slinde. Keith married Susan Haried on his birthday in 1959. He graduated from Stoughton High School in 1956, where he was active in basketball, baseball and...

Dec 24, 2019

MADISON--Marjory (Marge) M. Hanson, age 97, died on December 24, 2019, in Madison. Marge was born on July 18, 1922 on the Albion Prairie where her great-great-grandparents, Samuel and Ann Marsden and ten of their children, from England, were among the first settlers in 1844, and her Scottish grandfather was the prominent long-time Edgerton-area physician Dr. W.W. Morrison....

Dec 24, 2019

WAUNAKEE-On early Tuesday morning, December 24, 2019, Marilyn Priscilla (Bowar) Karls received her wings after a valiant battle with emphysema. Marilyn was born on November 23, 1932, to Mathew Engelbert Bowar and Crescence Marie (Esser) Bowar. She grew up in Cross Plains helping her dad at his John Deere dealership. Marilyn was married on October 2, 1952, at...

Dec 24, 2019

McFarland- Brenda G. McKeown-Cross, age 73, passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2019. She was born in Madison on July 11, 1946, the daughter of Donald and Gladys Arendsee. Brenda graduated from Central High School. She was married to Robert "Bob" McKeown who preceded her in death in 1978. On July 10, 1993 she married James "Jim" Cross....

Dec 24, 2019

Green, Sheila M. Beloved Sheila Green, age 63, was tragically taken from us on Tuesday December 24, 2019 at her home in Madison, WI. Sheila was born November 17, 1956 in Greenbelt, Maryland to Yvonne Anderson and Gordon Green. Enjoying her early childhood, the oldest of 6 children in Maryland, she lived her teens and adult life in...

Dec 22, 2019

James "Jim" Allen Sparks, age 86. Of Madison passed away on December 22, 2019 at Ingleside Manor in Mount Horeb after a brief illness. He was born on May 31, 1933 in Washington Kentucky, the son of Sherley Lee Sparks and Lillie Mae Sparks (nee Snyder). Jim was a graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, Pittsburgh Theological...