Wisconsin State Journal Local News

MADISON - Timothy C. Phelan, age 66, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Monday, May 18, 2015. He was born on Aug. 6, 1948, in Lancaster, Penn., the son of John and Betty (My…

VERONA - Marion A. (Belshaw) Doerfer, age 93, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2015, at her home. She was born on Nov. 1, 1921, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of William and Florence (Fellows) D…

LAKE MILLS / SUN PRAIRIE - Harriet Mae Crossman died on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at the Sun Prairie Health Care Center. According to her wishes there will be no funeral or memorial service. Cre…

CAMBRIDGE - Geneva Helen Rindahl, age 86, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Alden Estates of Countryside. She was born on April 3, 1929, in Cambridge, the daughter of the lat…

BIG BEAR, Calif. - Milton B. Erickson, age 90, passed away peacefully in Big Bear, Calif., on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. He was born on June 16, 1924, in Sun Prairie, Wis. He graduated from Sun Pr…

WATERLOO - Sharon Louise (Callahan) Fassbender (a.k.a. "Grandma Sharon"), age 72 , passed away peacefully on Monday, May 18, 2015, at home, surrounded by her family.

ARENA - Lillian Ann Pope, of Arena, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. She was cared for at Maplewood Skilled Nursing Facility in Sauk Prairie with the assistance of Agrace Hos…

MADISON - Omar Nowell Kussow, age 91, died at home in Madison on Saturday, May 16, 2015. After living with Multiple Sclerosis for 70 years, Omar succumbed to its complications. His family attr…

MADISON - Edward Frank "Ed" Zevnik, age 79, husband of Darlene Zevnik, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Madison, Wis.

O'FALLON, Ill. - A military service will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2015, for Ralph L. Homburg who passed away March 31, 2015, in O'Fallon, Ill. Service will be at 3 p.m. at VFW POST 8483, 5…

MADISON - Kenneth Lowell Barr, age 68, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare.

BROOKLYN - Sandra Jean (Kreisler) Ace, age 75, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, May 21, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on April 3, 1940, in Dubuque, Iowa,…

MONONA - Kenneth C. Kitowski, age 73, passed away at Agrace HospiceCare, on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, with his loving family by his side. He was born on Dec. 18, 1941, in Chicago, the son of Vi…

“I almost always release the trout I catch, but several of us keep about 10 trout in a year and have a neighborhood party and prepare the trout,” Dennis Hanson said.

ALBANY / BELLEVILLE - Mildred Ellen Hardy, age 87, died on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at Heartsong Assisted Living in Belleville. She was born on Jan. 22, 1928, in Castle Rock Township, Richland …

MADISON - Dorothy Gamber Dietrich, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Thomas Edward Dietrich. They met at McCormick Theologica…

STOUGHTON - Donald C. Hellum, age 86, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Arrangements are pending. A full obituary will follow. Please share your memori…

MADISON - Helen Green Ranney died on May 21, 2015, in Madison. She was born to David E. Green and Alice Dunham Green in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on March 30, 1923, the youngest of four children.

BEAVER DAM - Caroline L. Strohschein, age 90, of Beaver Dam, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Hillside Manor in Beaver Dam.

Organizers of the World's Largest Brat Fest reported a new opening day record was set on Friday with 59,750 brats sold.