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MOUNT HOREB / BARNEVELD - Martha "Marty" Stauffer passed away at age 95 on Saturday, April 16, 2016. She was born in Basel, Switzerland, on Feb. 8, 1921, the daughter of Samuel and Martha (nee Ruegsegger) Schaefer.

SUN PRAIRIE - Joann G. Jordan, age 80, passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on Feb. 11, 1936, in Madison, and was the daughter of John and Elinor (Stang)…

MADISON - Mitsuko Evans, age 89, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, surrounded by her family at Oak Park Place. She was born on Nov. 1, 1926, in Sapporo, Japan. She married Robert Evans in Sapporo, Japan, during…

MADISON - Mary Cartwright, age 99, died peacefully Wednesday, April 27, 2016. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Cartwright; grandson, Timothy (Amy) Cartwright; and great-granddaughters, Elisabeth, Gillian and Cecilia. Per Mary's wishes, there will be no funeral service. Please…

FRIENDSHIP / CLINTON - Mary Elizabeth (Prohaska) Haines, resident of Friendship, and Clinton, went home to be with our Lord on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at Agrace Hospice Center after a long illness. Mary was born on April 17, 1938,…

DEFOREST - Don, age 62, was born May 5, 1953, in Madison, Wis. He graduated from Madison East Senior High School in 1971. Don passed away from complications of prostate cancer on April 26, 2016.

MINNEAPOLIS - Mathilda Vandenbergh Schwalbach, age 98, retired faculty member of UW's School of Human Ecology, passed away Oct. 17, 2015. As wife of and collaborator with James A. Schwalbach, she was known for textile screen printing and expertise in…

MADISON - David C. Dodge, age 58, of Madison, Wis., passed away Friday, April 22, 2016, as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born on June 12, 1957, in Madison, the son of Ronald E. and Dorothy L.…

MADISON - Patricia Jean "Pat" (McGraw) Nofzinger, age 85, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. She was born on Aug. 25, 1930, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Clifford and Lorene (Pixley) McGraw.

DENVER, Colo. / DEFOREST - Donald W. Leonard, age 86, of Denver, Colo., formerly of DeForest, Wis., died at his home on April 8, 2016, after a very lengthy illness. He was born in Madison, Wis., on Aug. 30, 1929,…

SUN PRAIRIE - Jerome Donald Hargraves, age 88, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 24, 2016. He was born in Oshkosh on June 12, 1927, the son of William and Viola (Geisler) Hargraves.

MADISON - Jeanette Davis Jenkins, age 93, of Madison (formerly of Lubbock, Texas), died on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at Heritage Monona Assisted Living/Memory Care. She was born on Jan. 7, 1923, in Los Angeles. Her mother died when Jeanette…

MINERAL POINT - Gladys passed away Dec. 16, 2015, at at the age of 102, at Upland Hills Hospice Care, Dodgeville, Wis.

OSHKOSH - Donald Edward Erickson, surrounded by his family, peacefully passed away at his home Thursday, April 28, 2016. Don was born Sept. 15, 1929, in Melrose, Wis., son of Henry Olaf and Rachel Catherine Erickson. His family moved to…

MADISON - Mary Orvis, age 80, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. She was born on April 14, 1936, in Madison, the daughter of Edward Finn and Helen Dunn. She married Alfred "Bud" Orvis on Feb. 4,…

Working out of his Madison garage, Isaiah Schroeder crafts functional — and markedly beautiful — knives ordered by chefs from around the world.

This State Journal editorial ran on May 1, 1986:

The Big Ten Conference’s Linebacker of the Year was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 99th overall pick in the fourth round during Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday.

But the lack of political will strains out space program 47 years after landing on the moon

During the depths of the recent housing recession, it was truly a buyer’s market.