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MINERAL POINT / DARLINGTON - Lucile M. Gille, age 99, of Mineral Point, Wis., formerly of Darlington, Wis., passed away Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, at Atrium Care Center in Mineral Point. She was born Aug. 5, 1917, in Darlington, the…

MADISON - Gregory E. "Greg" Strain, age 69, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, at Trinity Senior Community in Madison.

BARABOO / SAUK PRAIRIE - Florence C. "Frene" Janney, age 90, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at Maplewood of Sauk Prairie. She was born on Aug. 23, 1925, in Oregon, Wis., the daughter of Leo and Florence (O'Brien)…

SAUK CITY - Gerald Freeman Halverson, age 77, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at Maplewood of Sauk Prairie. A complete obituary will be published in the Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, edition of the Wisconsin State Journal.

MADISON / BRADENTON, Fla. - Joan Hazel Carter, in Bradenton, Fla., aged 88, passed away surrounded by family members on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at Inspired Living at Hidden Lakes following a stroke and ensuing four year battle with dementia.

MADISON - Viola R. Schmidt, age 89, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. She was born on May 14, 1927, in Pierz, Minn., the daughter of August and Christine Sontag. Viola married Roman H. Schmidt on May 6, 1950,…

MADISON - Lois Ruth (Prange) Baggot, age 83, passed away Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, in Madison. She was born Oct. 2, 1932, in Reedsburg, the daughter of Arthur and Freida (Meyer) Prange. She married David Baggot on June 29, 1957,…

MADISON - Jerome R. "Jerry" Meder, age 77, went to his Heavenly home on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare, after a long illness. He was born on March 9, 1939, in Hartington, Neb., the son of Walter and…

WAUNAKEE - Peter Alan Ripp, age 25, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, as a result of an auto accident. Peter was born April 7, 1991, in Madison, to Mark and Mary Ripp. He was a 2009 graduate of…

RIPON - Susan "Sue" Bonfield Volkmann, age 72, of Ripon, Wis., passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, with her husband by her side, at their home in Ripon.

BELLEVILLE - Angela D. Eichelkraut, age 48, of rural Belleville, Wis., died on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. She was born July 28, 1968, to Harry "Sonny" and Jacqueline (Johnson) Anderson. She graduated from Wisconsin Heights High School in 1986. Angie…

FALL RIVER / COLUMBUS - Alvin Frank Koehler, age 91, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, at an assisted living home in Columbus. Survivors include his two sons, David of Green Bay and Mark (Kathy) of Clearwater, Fla.; one…

STOUGHTON - Richard "Dick" Gilson, age 69, died on Aug. 13, 2016, at Artisan Assisted Living, after a battle with cancer. He was born June 11, 1947, to Viola and Loy Gilson in Stoughton. After graduation he worked at several…

OREGON - James "Neil" Denton passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. He was born on Nov. 19, 1931, to James and Annie Marie "Mary" (Anderson) Denton in the Town of Oregon.

OREGON - Marian E. Abrams, "Grandma A," age 94, passed away on Aug. 15, 2016, at Evansville Manor in Evansville, Wis., with her family by her side. She was born on Nov. 8, 1921, in Ipswitch, S.D., the daughter of…

MADISON - Peter Nesbit Taborsky, born Nov. 28, 1951, to Nancy Nesbit Taborsky and Dr. Charles Robert Taborsky, passed away at his home on Jan. 23, 2016.

A chance for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night into Wednesday won't do much to cool Madison, but more rain forecast Friday night and Saturday should do the trick.

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