Wisconsin State Journal Local News

WESTPORT / BLACK EARTH - Dennis J. Griffith, age 60, died on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, following a long illness.

MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. - Mary M. (Trickle) Sasman, age 70, of Machesney Park, Ill., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 16, 2015. She was born on May 29, 1944, in Dodgeville, Wis., the d…

MADISON - Helen E. Gardner, age 94, of Madison, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015. She was born on Nov. 25, 1920, in the Town of Berry, Wis., the daughter of Erwin and Edna (Ferge) Stape…

FITCHBURG - Gordon D. Kilday, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. He was born on March 16, 1923, on a farm near Wisconsin Rapids, the son of James Kilday and Madeline (Pfister) Kilday.

MADISON - Blanche Lorlyn (Peterson) Dennis went to her heavenly home on Saturday, April 11, 2015, after a brief illness. She was born on April 9, 1927, in Melvina, Wis., to Nora (Berg) and Llo…

MADISON - Isabel H. Beck, age 94, of Madison, died on Monday, April 6, 2015, in her apartment at Oakwood University Woods. She was born on June 7, 1920, to Malcolm and Bergetta (Anderson) Stal…

LAKEVILLE, Minn. - Kay L. Pralle, age 74, of Lakeville, Minn., passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Kay was born in Madison on Dec. 10, 1940, to William G. and Mabel L. (Johnson) VanDyke.

MADISON / ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Charolette M. Hoff, age 93, passed away on Nov. 5, 2014, at Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, Ill. She was born on July 16, 1921, to Ernest and Alma (Grot…

MADISON - Doris Ann Uitvlugt (nee Quinn), age 91, a Chicago native and retired executive secretary at Wilson Sporting Goods who worked with professional athletes for many years, passed away Tu…

MADISON - Robert Siegfried, age 93, passed away on Sept. 2, 2014. He was born on Jan. 18, 1921, in Columbus, Ohio, to Mary Crawford and Ernest Calvin Siegfried. He lived in Marietta, Ohio, thr…

FITCHBURG - Frederick Thomas "Buster" Gray, age 68, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Monroe, on April 11, 2015. He was born on Aug. 31, 1946, …

MADISON - Dr. Richard Logan, M.D., age 83, passed away peacefully March 21, 2015, with his wife and son by his side, while vacationing on Marco Island, Fla. He was a noted radiologist in Madis…

MADISON / OCALA, Fla. - George William Young, age 74, succumbed to Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) at Hospice of Marion County in Ocala, Fla. on April 8, 2015. The son of George W. Young, Sr. and C…

WAUNAKEE/ MERRILL/WAUSAU - Robert "Mitch" Lechelt, age 66, died on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born May 17, 1948, in Merrill, to William and Florence (T…

MONROE - Norbert J. Aurit, age 51, of Monroe, died Sunday, April 12, 2015, of natural causes. He was born on Nov. 2, 1963, the son of George and Gertrude (Kerkel) Aurit.

MOUNT HOREB - Willis D. Disch, age 95, of Mount Horeb, Wis., died on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at Ingleside Nursing Home in Mount Horeb. He was born on June 21, 1919, in Primrose Township, Wis…

MADISON - Miriam Elizabeth (née Schlytter) Bradbury, age 90, passed away on April 14, 2015, after a long battle with Wegener's granulomatosis and peripheral neuropathy.

KENSINGTON, Calif. - After a six year battle with cancer, Ruth Louise Hinkins went into hospice care on April 9, 2015, and passed away April 14, 2015, at her sister, Jean's, home in Livermore, Calif.

WATERTOWN - William H. "Willie" Nelson, age 92, of Watertown, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Golden Living. He was born on Dec. 6, 1922, in Fort Atkinson, the son of Ray and Margar…

MADISON - Joseph C. "Buffo" Cerniglia passed away on April 12, 2015, at the Agrace HospiceCare.