Wisconsin State Journal Local News

MONTELLO - Kathryn Leone Brady, age 88, formerly of Montello, passed away on Jan. 14, 2015, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, surrounded by her loving family.

MADISON - Dawn Marie Kuykendall, age 46, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. She was born on July 26, 1968, in Madison, the daughter of Frederick and Sharo…

MADISON - Marc Raymond Semrow, age 58, passed away suddenly on Dec. 19, 2014. Marc was born in Milwaukee and raised in Brookfield, the son of James and Edith (Stoll) Semrow.

MADISON - Helen Gena Whitney, age 95, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. She was born on March 15, 1919, at the Droster Homestead in Burke, Wis., the daughter of Leonard and Emily Swenson.

RHINELANDER - Ruth F. Milesky passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, surrounded by family. Born on Jan. 9, 1915, in Boston, Mass., to Max and Anna Fritz, Ruth had just celebrated her 100th bir…

MADISON - Mary (Ellen) Birks Sobota, beloved for her warmth and wry sense of humor, died peacefully at home with her family at her side on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015.

DeFOREST - On Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, our beloved mother, Gertrude M. Zeier, died from this Earth to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

MINERAL POINT / BARNEVELD - Karol K. Thousand, age 63, of Mineral Point/Barneveld passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Jan. 15, 2015, after a brief battle with cancer. Kar…

MIDDLETON / WAUNAKEE - Donald "Don" Ballweg, age 76, of Middleton/Waunakee, died on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born on May 21, 1938, in the Town of Be…

MADISON / STOUGHTON - Everett E. "Mike" Bates, age 89, of Madison, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Belmont Nursing Home. He was born on July 3, 1925, in Madison, the son of Frank and …

SUN PRAIRIE - Elmer J. Haefner, age 89, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at Oak Park Place in Madison. He was born on May 18, 1925, in East Bristol and was the son of John and Laura (Kell…

MIDDLETON - Edith Rosing was born on Aug. 17, 1927, somewhere in the United States. We know where, but Edie would never admit to living there. Her parents were Philip Kolko and Leah Zadikow. S…

MADISON - Benjamin A. Woodstock, age 89, of Madison, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. He was born on July 19, 1925, in Magnolia, the son of Albert and Tessie (Sisson) Woodstock.

BELLEVILLE - Jessiemae Hageman, age 88, of Belleville, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. She was born on August 19, 1926, in Monroe, the daughter of Henry and Grace (Wallom) Argue.

MADISON - Hubert G. "Hugh" Ganser, age 97, died on Jan. 15, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

LIVINGSTON - Jeanette M. Wagner, age 88, of Livingston, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville. Jeanette was born on Sept. 2, 1926, in Wingville Tow…

LENOIR, N.C. / LAKE MILLS - Jeffery Roy "Bartzy" Bartz, of Lenoir, N.C., formerly of Lake Mills, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, with his son, Brandon and wife, Janet by his side. He was bo…

VERONA - Rolland Glen "Rollie" Duhr, age 85, of Verona, died on Jan. 16, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare.

LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) — A woman who shot her two sons and herself in the head in Montfort had been released a day earlier from a state mental health facility.

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