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WAUNAKEE - Nona Elaine (Griffin) Duch, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2016, at the age of 89.

MADISON - Donald C. Fingerson, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Funeral services will be held at GUNDERSON EAST FUNERAL HOME, 5203 Monona Drive, Madison, at 10 a.m., on Monday, July 11, 2016. Visitation will be held…

MADISON - Jenifer Lee (Spahn) Bender, age 61, of Madison, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, July 4, 2016. She was born on March 28, 1955, in Madison, the daughter of William and Lois (Sampson) Spahn.

DEERFIELD - Ronald G. "Buster" Berge, age 81, passed away at his home surrounded by family on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. He was welcomed to the world on July 18, 1934, in Madison, Wis., by his proud parents, Russel and…

MADISON - Frances Braune, age 99, of Madison, died on June 22, 2016, at Capitol Lakes Terraces. She was born Feb. 23, 1917, to Emanuel and Rebecca Mall, and enjoyed a happy childhood in Harrisburg, Pa. She married Milton Braune…

MINERAL POINT - Mavis Joyce (Rule) Gratz passed away on July 6, 2016, at the age of 87 after a long illness. She was born in Dodgeville, Wis., on Aug. 19, 1928, Orville and Christina (Martin) Rule. She attended several…

MADISON - Our beloved mother, Bernadette C. "Bert" (nee Carroll) Smith, age 90, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2016, at All Saints Assisted Living. She was born in Rugby, N.D., on March 9, 1926, the eldest child of Raymond…

FOND DU LAC - Terry Lee Pergande, age 70, passed away on June 30, 2016, at Manor Care in Fond du Lac. He was born to Walter and Ida (Hackbart) Pergande on Dec. 30, 1945, in Madison, Wis. He attended…

SAN ANSELMO, Calif. - Ann C. (Schutz) Norlin passed away peacefully on May 18, 2016, at the home of her daughter, Sharlyne Balano. She was 101 years old. Born in Spring Green, Wis., on Nov. 25, 1914, Ann was the…

STOUGHTON - Marlow O. I. "Marlo" Nelson, age 76, of Stoughton, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2016, at the Nazareth House in Stoughton. He was born on Oct. 17, 1939, in Madison, the son of Martin and Gertie (Hanna)…

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - E. Theodore "Ted" Overgard was born June 24, 1926, in Eland, Wis., and passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 15, 2016, in Grass Valley, Calif.

MADISON - Sybil Clara Francis Dee Robinson passed away on May 20, 2016. Celebration of Life will be at ATTIC ANGEL PLACE, 8301 Old Sauk Road, Middleton, at 3 p.m., on Saturday, July 16, 2016.

MADISON - Perine "Petie" Rudy, one of the wonders of the Madison community, passed away on June 30, 2016, surrounded by friends, family and an abundance of love.

MADISON - Edward Allen Sickenberger, age 73, of Madison, passed away at Faith Living Center assisted living in Sun Prairie, on March 12, 2016.

Lydia Ishmael’s volunteer jobs -- banding waterfowl and cuddling cats -- have something in common. It all comes down to empathy, keeping the animal calm, and watching it venture on to, hopefully, a better life.

The Little Eagle Arts Foundation is striving to be home to exceptional American Indian art and American Indian cultural art education to reinvigorate the Wisconsin Dells area with its rich history.

“The arc of the moral universe is long,” shouted the freshly unindicted Hillary Clinton at a Democratic rally in North Carolina, with President Barack Obama at her side and the FBI behind her in her dust, “but it bends toward…

Commenting on racial tension in America, then-President Bill Clinton said: “We have to understand the roots of black pain and white fear.”

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is saying 'good bye' to Valerie L. Bailey-Rihn, a partner in the firm's Madison office, as she prepares to become a new circuit court judge for Dane County.

Joining First Weber Inc. as Sales Associates are: John Bowman, Middleton Office; Kacey Davidson, Fitchburg Office; Jennifer Rortvedt, Sun Prairie Office.