Obituaries
Gordon Harold Golz
Dec 6, 2023
Golz, Gordon “Gordy” of Madison, WI. Age 95, born July 30, 1928, passed peacefully on Dec 6, 2023. Gordy was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, JoAnn Golz. He is survived by four children, Kristine Gay (Barry Kerr), Randall (Sherry), Laurence (Heidi) and Kurt Golz, 10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be...
Rolf Alan Rodefeld
Dec 4, 2023
Madison – Rolf A. Rodefeld, 72, left the last books he read unshelved when he died Dec. 4 at the UW Hospital. Born June 12, 1951 to Rodney Milo and Virginia Eleanor (Gundlach) Rodefeld, Rolf was their proud and doting son and a lifelong super-citizen of Madison.
After high school he completed undergrad and graduate studies in Library...
Maudie Ann Houston
Dec 3, 2023
Maudie Ann (Keeler) Houston, daughter of Floyd and Mable Keeler was born at their home in Barnard Kansas on September 21st 1932, she passed on December 3rd 2023.
She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Konnie (Keeler) and Harold Meier, her grandchildren: Gabriel, Gretchen, Gunnar, Yaeger and her great-grandchildren: Lyric, Sakayah, Kiley, Aria, Emery and her great-great-grandchildren: Bentley,...
Franziska Walty
Nov 4, 2023
Franzi Walty, aged 83, died peacefully in Madison on November 4, 2023. She was born in Zirndorf,Germany on December 16, 1939, the daughter of Otto and Anna Reigel. She graduated in Zirndorf,married a serviceman and moved to the United States in 1959. She embraced the U.S. as hernew homeland and became a citizen in the 1960s. She loved the...
Betty Glover
Oct 18, 2023
MADISON - Betty Glover, age 76, passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Betty was born on September 17, 1947 in Madison, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Helene (Beyer) Markstahler.Betty lived in the Madison area all of her life where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Wisconsin at Madison while raising her two...
David Litch Leyda
Oct 14, 2023
David Litch Leyda died on Oct 14, 2023. He was born on August 4, 1935, to Mildred and C. Phillip Leyda of Hillsboro, WI. David served honorably in the US Army during peacetime where he played trombone in the Army band.
David owned a tree farm in Richland County and later founded Leyda Lumber in Madison, WI in the...
Beverly Jean Denruiter
Oct 9, 2023
Beverly "Beve" Jean Denruiter (Kepke), age 77, passed away unexpectedly in Portage, WI on October 9th, 2023. She was born on September 25th, 1946 in Dodgeville, WI, daughter of Clyde and Martha Kepke. Upon graduating from West High School in 1965, Beverly received a varsity letter from her accomplishments on the bowling team. She married John F. Denruiter in Las...
Philip L. Archibald
Oct 2, 2023
Madison - Philip Linwood Archibald died peacefully October 2, 2023. He was born in Monticello, Maine April 30th, 1923, making him 100 years old at the time of his death. He served in World War II as a gunner on a PT boat in the Mediterranean, then the Pacific, came home and worked as a logging scaler with his...
Benjamin Walter (B.W.) Atkinson, M.D.
Sep 29, 2023
Benjamin Walter (B.W.) Atkinson, M.D.
Dr. Benjamin W. Atkinson - beloved gentleman, husband, father and grandfather - boarded his last boat, bound for the far shore, on September 29, 2023. An amazing human being, Benjamin was born at home in Topeka, Kansas on August 29, 1936, son of Frederick and Ruth (Franklin) and brother of Arnett. Family has always...
Bruce F. Ehlke
Sep 23, 2023
Bruce F. Ehlke passed away peacefully on September 23rd, 2023 at his home in Madison. His loving wife, Lois, was by his side. He was born to Roland W. Ehlke and Mary Mueller Ehlke on August 31, 1942, and grew up in Two Rivers and Milwaukee, WI. After graduating from Wisconsin Lutheran High School in 1960, Bruce obtained his...
Kevin James Butler
Sep 18, 2023
Kevin James Butler was born on May 9, 1969. He was the oldest child of Jerry and Jeanette Butler, of Madison, WI.
He attended First Baptist Church where he learned about the Lord at an early age. Kevin obtained primary and secondary education at Madison Public Schools. He was born with unbelievable athleticism that he demonstrated while playing football and...
John Joseph Forbes
Sep 15, 2023
John Forbes passed away peacefully on Friday September 15 2023. John was born September 11th 1944 in Madison to Catherine and Edward Forbes. John was a graduate of Central High School, served in the US Army and retired from the City of Madison Streets Department. John loved spending time with family and friends, playing dice and rooting for his...
John "Ed" Phillips Sr.
Sep 14, 2023
John Edward Phillips Senior, “Ed” of Middleton, Wisconsin, age 92, passed away at Agrace Hospice on 9/14/23. He was born on April first of 1931 on a farm nestled in the hills of Walton, West Virginia. The son of Ferman Elton Phillips and Cora Della Daughtery, he had four siblings - Iris, George, Jean, and Helen. He married four...
Howard John Dewes
Sep 2, 2023
Howard John Dewes was born to George Dewes and Margaret Maas Dewes on October 9th, 1937 in St. John, Indiana, the fourth and last child, all of whom graduated form St. John Grade School and Dyer High School. Howard went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Joseph College, Collegeville, Indiana and entered the investment securities industry....
Helen Shirley Johnson
Aug 29, 2023
Helen Shirley Johnson, age 98, of Madison, died peacefully on Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 at Our House Memory Care in Wisconsin Dells. Helen, daughter of Edward and Alice (McCann) Bach, loudly announced her entrance into this world on July 29th, 1925. It was her brother Edward's 12th birthday. He asked for his gift to be a trumpet. His mother told...
Francis "Bud" L. Battle
Aug 19, 2023
Francis Lyman “Bud” Battle, Jr. was born in Chicago on October 24, 1944, to Loretta Marie Battle (nee Jung) and Francis Lyman Battle, Sr. Bud’s father was in the Army, serving in the Pacific Theater of World War II, at the time of Bud’s birth.
Bud’s siblings are Leeanne McGrath (Thomas), Barbara Cleary (Steve), Gregory Battle (Alice Mary...
Jerome Walter Preston
Aug 12, 2023
Jerome W. Preston, age 85, passed peacefully from this life into eternal life on Saturday, August 12, 2023, at his home in Marshall, WI. Jerry was born on March 3, 1938 in Racine, WI, to Walter and Olinda (Ottum) Preston.
Jerry graduated from Ladysmith High School in 1956. After graduation he served in the Marine Corp in Camp...
Patricia Ann Hollibush
Aug 2, 2023
Patricia Ann Hollibush (Patti), 63, of Neillsville, Wisconsin, passed away onAugust 2, 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin.
Patti was born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin to Andrew and Ann Hollibushon February 27, 1960. She graduated from West High School and laterattended MATC for accounting. She was very hardworking and spent yearsin the service industry. She was also an entrepreneur who started severalcompanies.
Patti...
John Thomas Hancock
Jul 24, 2023
John Thomas Hancock, age 76, passed away on Monday, July 24, 2023 at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, Madison surrounded by love. John was born on April 24, 1947, in Burlington, WI, the son of Shirley and William Hancock.
He married the love of his life, Sharon Vina on July 17, 1968 in Racine, WI. John worked as a Journeymen...
Kelly Ray Fields
Jul 19, 2023
Kelly Ray Fields, age 59, of Mazomanie passed away on July 19, 2023 at Agrace Hospice Center in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. He was born on February 4, 1964 in Madison, WI, the son of Terry and Sharon (Lachnit) Fields. He married Angela Boring on February 14, 2007 in Madison, Wisconsin. They started their life together in 1998 in St. Petersburg,...
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