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.
Robert A. Herbsleb
Mar 15, 2024
Madison – Robert A. Herbsleb, age 86, passed away on Friday March 15, 2024 at The Legacy of Deforest. He was born on February 13, 1938 in Rockford, IL, the son of Harold and Mary Herbsleb. He married Barbara Ann Stroede on October 21, 1961 in Loves Park, IL.
He served in the U.S. Navy from August 20, 1957 to August...
Barbara E. Bernstein
Mar 15, 2024
Barbara E Bernstein (71) passed away from a respiratory illness on March 15, 2024 at Agrace Hospice in Madison, WI. Barb was well-loved and will be dearly missed by friends near and far. She was joyful, cheerful, and always had another fun story to tell. You couldn't just drop by for a chat with Barb - if you stopped to...
Pamela Callisto
Mar 14, 2024
Pamela Callisto, 82, formerly of Norristown, PA passed away on March 14, 2024, in Madison, WI. True to form, she was laughing and smiling to the end, and doing leg lifts in her hospital bed the day before she passed, in anticipation of her next tennis match.
She was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 4, 1941, to John and JoAnne...
Evelyn Jo Oien
Mar 14, 2024
Evelyn Jo Oien passed away and received her wings on Thursday, March 14, 2024. She was born on December 16, 1967 in Madison, Wisconsin to Harry and Linda Schrader.
Evelyn received her education from Sun Prairie High School. She went on to receive her Cosmetology Degree from Madison Area Technical College.
Evelyn worked many years at Cost Cutters. She later...
Thomas Eldon Anderson
Mar 14, 2024
“I look around here at all your faces and, I tell you,
I am the luckiest man that ever lived! I love you all and I
am so proud of each and every one of you.”
...
Marjorie Louise Flagel
Mar 13, 2024
Marjorie (Margie) Louise Flagel (aged 81) passed away on March 13, 2024 at the Oregon Health Care and Rehab Center. She was the daughter of Donald and Edith (Harris) Gurius and born in Maquoketa, Iowa. She married Duane Flagel in 1960 and moved to Wisconsin Rapids where she lived for many years until moving to the Madison area in the...
Jerry Albert Ripp
Mar 13, 2024
Jerry Albert Ripp age 88 Dane/Waunakee
May 10th, 1935 – March 13th, 2024. Jerry passed away peacefully at his Arizona home surrounded by loved ones after a very blessed and full life. He was born to Hardy Ripp and Evelyn (Dorn) Ripp of Waunakee.
Jerry always greeted everyone with a smile, loved to tell a joke or two, get a sing along going, and most times had some words of wisdom. He grew up in Waunakee running around with his siblings and friends trying not to get in trouble, helping out and Ripp’s bar, setting pins at Schmitty’s bowling alley, playing in six mile creek catching frogs and suckers...
Debra K. Snyder
Mar 13, 2024
Debra Kay Snyder, at 66, passed away peacefully with her daughter and nieces (known as the Three Stooges) by her side, in her home, after being recently diagnosed with a progressive cancer. She was born August 4, 1957, to Ivan and Jeannette Legler.
Debbie grew up on a farm and attended Belleville High School. After high school she married the love...
Donald Allan Regina
Mar 12, 2024
Donald Allan Regina, age 71, passed away on March 12, 2024, after battling cancer.
Don was born on September 10, 1952, to parents Mary Robinson and Salvatore Regina and was raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Eleanor B. Kennelly and Samuel B. Webb schools and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wethersfield High School. Don majored in English and American Literature at...
Keith Miller
Mar 12, 2024
Keith Miller, age 73, passed away suddenly on Tuesday March 12, 2024.
Keith was born in Sheboygan, WI on December 20, 1950 to Jack and Ruth Miller. He graduated from Sheboygan South High School in 1969. While in high school, he participated in various sports and was also in a rock and roll band, where he played the drums. After high...
Myrty Lou Brazee
Mar 11, 2024
Myrty Lou Brazee passed away on March 11, 2024. Myrty was born in Dodgeville, WI on July 22, 1936, the daughter of Virgil and Mauriel (Erickson) Hill. She lived in Iowa County and graduated from Mineral Point High School in 1954. She was a graduate of the Wisconsin School of Cosmetology in June of 1955. Myrty married her husband Eugene (Gene)...
John Harvey Gallagher
Mar 10, 2024
John Harvey Gallagher
John Gallagher, age 73, of Madison, passed away suddenly on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
He was born in Madison, WI on October 20, 1950, to James and Edith (McChesney) Gallagher. John graduated from Edgewood High School in 1968 and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In 1986 he married...
Roger Mayer
Mar 10, 2024
Roger Mayer, age 90, passed away on March 10, 2024. He was born on February 26, 1934 in LaCrosse, WI to Cornelius Henry Mayer and Harriet (Frey) Mayer. He grew up on the south side of Madison, attending Franklin Elementary and Central High School. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (BS, Landscape Architecture) he married his high...
Cyril Ripp
Mar 10, 2024
Cyril Ripp passed away at the age of 99 on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Cyril entered the world on January 5th, 1925, the day preceding Epiphany, born to John and Elizabeth Ripp in Waunakee, WI. On September 16, 1948, he exchanged vows with Mary Karls. Together, they were blessed with three sons: Dave, Tom, and Steve. Mary died in 1984....
Jean C. Smith
Mar 9, 2024
Jean C. Smith, age 83, passed away due to cancer at St. Mary’s Hospital on Sunday, March 9, 2024. Jean was born on November 26, 1940 in Madison, Wisconsin to John and Mary (Semor) Bohling.
After Jean graduate from Sun Prairie High School, she met and married George Smith on April 4, 1959 in Sun Prairie, WI.
Together they began to build...
Nora M. Heidecke
Mar 8, 2024
Nora Margaret Heidecke (nee Monaghan), aged 94 and a long-time resident of Stoughton, WI, passed away in the presence of her family and in care of Agrace Hospice at Skaalen Assisted Living on March 8, 2024. She was born at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL, on February 2, 1930, the fourth of eight children and first daughter of John...
Daniel Walter DeThorne
Mar 8, 2024
Daniel Walter DeThorne, age 77, of Waunakee passed away on March 8, 2024. He was
born on September 14, 1946 in Waukegan, IL to Raymond and Clara (Selzer)
DeThorne.
Daniel graduated from Waukegan Township High School in 1964 and from Marquette
University in 1969. It was at Marquette where he met Eileen Grosh, and they were
married on April 28, 1973. Daniel was employed at...
Darlene “Dar” Skolaski
Mar 8, 2024
In Loving Memory of Darlene Skolaski
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Darlene “Dar” Skolaski. Dar peacefully passed on March 8, 2024, after a brief stay at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.
Born on September 8th, 1944, Dar was brought home to Milton Street in her cherished Greenbush neighborhood in Madison. She attended Longfellow School in her early years, before moving...
Sue Steele
Mar 8, 2024
Sue Ann Steele, Madison, WI, passed away on March 8, 2024 at Unity Point Health Meriter Hospital from respiratory complications. She graduated from New Lisbon High School in 1966 and attended the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point where she earned a degree in elementary education. Until her retirement in 2014, she worked in the insurance field for the State of...
Ivan Henning
Mar 8, 2024
Ivan 'Red' Henning March 14, 1937 - March 8, 2024
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Ivan 'Red' Henning, who departed this world on Friday, March 8th, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Redwood Falls, MN, on March 14, 1937, to Ben and Loretta and spent his formative years on the family...
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