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STOUGHTON / DELAVAN - Emmet E. Schulz, age 91, of Delavan, formerly of Stoughton, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, after a short illness. He was born on Aug. 26, 1924, in Hillpoint, Wis. Emmet served in the U.S.…

PRAIRIE DU SAC - Jerry Kindschi, age 86, succumbed to a short illness at his home on April 14, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in the same home on June 21, 1929, to Elmer and Grace…

MADISON - Alison Grace Lockridge, 46, of Madison, died at home early Thursday morning, April 14, 2016, due to complications from multiple sclerosis. She was an artist, nature lover, and proud and loving mother to her son, Park Morell Lockridge,…

MADISON - James H. "Jim" Kiffel, age 81, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. He was born in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 24, 1934, the son of the late Herman and Hertha (Heimsoth) Kiffel.

MADISON - Arnold D. Nelson passed away on Dec. 14, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born on April 22, 1925, in the Town of Burke.

SHOREWOOD HILLS / MADISON - Mary S. (nee Seffrood) Field passed away at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg on April 10, 2016.

RICHLAND CENTER - Martha Marcilee Fry, age 95, of Richland Center, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at the Richland Hospital. Martha had been at home at Pine Valley Healthcare for the past few years, enjoying the TLC the…

MIDDLETON - Paul Jacob Bollenbach, age 68, passed away Friday, April 8, 2016, after nine years of life with cancer. Paul was born Sept. 16, 1947, to Orvin and Vanita (Voss) Bollenbach and grew up on the home farm in…

MOUNT HOREB - Carol L. Gorsuch, age 93, of Mount Horeb, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016, at home. Carol was born June 6, 1922, in Madison to Carl A. and Mabel M. (Peterson) Schwan.

MADISON - Diane "Katie" Hopp, age 66, of Madison, died peacefully Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison after a 5-year battle with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.

SUN PRAIRIE - Erma S. Koss, age 98, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016, at Sun Prairie Health Care Center. She was born on March 19, 1918, on a farm between Wonewoc and Hillsboro, to Edward and Bertha (Miller)…

MADISON - Joan Scheible passed away peacefully in Madison, Wis., at the age of 57, on Friday, April 8, 2016. She was born in Green Bay, Wis., on Nov. 15, 1958, to Bernard and Dorothy Scheible.

MADISON - Roy A. Pierce, age 82, passed away Friday, April 1, 2016, at Capitol Lakes. He was born May 24, 1933. He will forever be remembered as the guy who enjoyed watching baseball and football with his two sons.…

TOMAH - Randall William Ahlstrom, age 91, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at Attic Angels in Middleton, Wis.

MADISON / DIXON, Ill. - Douglas Jay Wadsworth, age 79, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 9, 2016. Doug was born July 11, 1936, in Dixon, Ill., to Goble and Eva (Schwab) Wadsworth. He grew up…

MADISON - Loyce F. Morrissey, age 78, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016, at her home. Loyce was born on Nov. 26, 1937, in Dallas, Texas. She would often talk of her early years of living on a farm,…

HOUSTON, Texas / SUN PRAIRIE - Robert Hugh "Bob" Hauge, 77, a distinguished faculty fellow in chemistry and in materials science and nanoengineering, died March 17, 2016, after a long illness. He had recently celebrated his 50th year at Rice…

MADISON - The family of Theresa "Terri" (Mistretta) Manthei celebrates the long and wonderful life of their Mother, Grandmother and Gram T. who died peacefully April 12, 2016, at age 102.

MCFARLAND / TOWN OF BLOOMING GROVE - Frank DiPiazza, age 95, of McFarland, passed away at Oak Park Place on Monday, April 11, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 10, 1921, the son of Andrew…

MADISON - Junette "Ruth" Gutweiler, age 82, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Ruth was born on April 17, 1933, in Darlington, the daughter of Clifford and Alice (Crippen) Cary. She married Donald Gutweiler on April 23,…