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RICHLAND CENTER - John Wade Garner, age 92, of Richland Center, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, from complications following a fall. John was born on the Garner Homestead n…

SHAWANO - Lois Ann Barry, age 81, of Shawano, died on Friday, April 10, 2015. Born on July 17, 1933, in Madison, Lois is the daughter of the late Tester and Lillian (Gilbertson) Bakken. Lois w…

MADISON - Richard "Dick" Horan, age 84, of Madison, passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer, on April 8, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born in Janesville, the son of Leo a…

MADISON - Born in 1914, one of the six children of Roy and Amelia Grimm, who farmed near Wauneta in southwestern Nebraska, Louise (never "Rita," despite her parents' mysterious use of that nam…

CASSVILLE - Thomas P. "Tom" Giesen, age 93, of Cassville, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015, at Southwest Health Center, Platteville.

MADISON - Eric M. Emery, age 65, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2015.

RICHLAND CENTER - Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Vradenburg, age 83, of Richland Center, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at The Richland Hospital. Betty was born on Jan. 18, 1932, the daughter of…

VERO BEACH, Fla. - Susan Blend McKinlay Collins Harried passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015, after a long and courageous battle with COPD. While the COPD finally took her body, it never conqu…

FRIENDSHIP / MADISON - Donald W. "Boney" Strander, age 72, of Friendship ,formerly of Madison, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015. He was born in 1942, to Ernest and Elizabeth Strander.

MADISON - Lorraine Marie Jackson passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015. She was born on Jan. 3, 1922, in Shafer, Minn., the daughter of Hilma and Gunder Gunderson.

MADISON - Joyce Brink, age 97, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Attic Angels, in Middleton. Born on Jan. 31, 1918, in Niagara Falls, Canada, to Jonathon Fredrick and Nellie Bertha (Kem…

MIDDLETON - Dorothy M. Goss died at the age of 96, on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, in Middleton, Wis. She was born on Oct. 11, 1918, in the Town of Marquette in Green Lake County, Wis. Dorothy was …

ORONO, Minn. - Rodney Palmer Burwell, age 76, of Orono, Minn., passed away March 29, 2015, after a lengthy battle with multiple health issues. Rod's life was a testament of his Christian faith…

MADISON - Roxie A. Wichman, age 74, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Artisan Assisted Living & Memory Care of Middleton. She was laid to rest by her family on Saturday,…

BOQUETE, Panama - Mark Steven Lindau, age 54, died suddenly on Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Lauderhill, Fla.

MADISON - Mary Lee House (maiden name Mary Lee Pflaum Fix), born on July 20, 1929, departed on April 6, 2015, after a short illness. She was the daughter of Leo and Margaret Fix, and married t…

MADISON - Erna Ellestad, age 95, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Funeral services are pending. A complete obituary will be published in the Wednesday paper. Online condole…

VERONA - Jerome Robert "Jerry" Smith, age 72, from Verona, completed his circle of life at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, surrounded and supported by his loving family. He was born at St. Mar…

AVOCA - James G. Dax, age 85, of Avoca, died Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville. He was born on April 29, 1929, the son of George and Alta (Snyder) Dax.

MADISON - John Lewis Luxton, age 83, passed away peacefully at Meriter Hospital on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was born on Feb. 8, 1932, in Cazenovia, Wis., the son of…