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SUN PRAIRIE - JoAnn Donna Steffes, age 54, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at her home. She lost her battle with the fight from her symptoms related to prescribed medication changes. She was born on May 30,…

MIDDLETON - Elizabeth "Betsy" Casper, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, from pancreatic cancer.

MADISON - George J. Bauer Jr., age 90, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016.

LODI - Robert Willard Davis, age 46, passed away at his home on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, after a 3 ½ year battle with cancer. He was born in Hinckley, Ill., on April 14, 1970, the son of Willard and…

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