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MOUNT HOREB - It was the height of the Great Depression when Carrol Iverson took over running the family farm at age 13, trading school for the backbreaking work his ailing father could no longer do. But his life and…

STILLWATER, Okla. / MADISON - Janice J. Cole (née Holvenstot) died Feb. 23, 2016, in Stillwater, Okla. after prolonged illness. Born in Madison on Sept. 11, 1941, Jan moved to Stillwater in 1978, but Wisconsin never left her heart. She…

MADISON - LeRoy T. Williams, age 82, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Aster Memory Care in Cottage Grove from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was born on April 24, 1934 in Madison, Wis., the son of James…

MADISON - John Stuart Mathews, age 69, of Madison, passed away on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg, Wis. He was born on Aug. 27, 1947, in Kalamazoo, Mich. John moved to Madison in 2009 after reconnecting with…

WAUTOMA - Deborah Findley, age 61, of Wautoma, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family and friends on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. She is the beloved wife of Dennis Findley.

PLAIN / SPRING GREEN - Shirley A. Nachreiner, age 82 of Spring Green, took her last breath on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, while surrounded by her loving family in her home at The Meadows. Shirley was born on May 14,…

MADISON - Ruth (Mithus) Olson, age 98, passed away on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. She was born to Martha (Gilbertson) and Thomas N. Mithus in 1918, the youngest of three children.

WAUNAKEE - Lois Laura (Wangen) McCamy, of Waunakee, Wis., our loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died on Sunday, July 10, 2016, at the age of 91.

MADISON - Cece Van Lanen passed away on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. A full obituary will appear in the Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, edition. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. / MADISON - Mark, age 55, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2016, after a long battle with lung disease. The son of Robert and Marlene (Lemberger) Erickson, Mark attended Queen of Peace, Edgewood and Madison West. After…

OXFORD - Karl Spath, age 48, of Oxford, Wis., died unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016.

STOUGHTON - Richard Allen "Rick" Scheel, age 67, of Stoughton, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. He was born to Edna (Piquette) and Leo Scheel on March 6. 1949.

REEDSBURG - Wisconsin native Marion P. Moran passed peacefully surrounded by family Aug. 31, 2016. She was 89.

FALL RIVER - Haydn J. Rees, age 89, of Fall River (township of Fountain Prairie), died on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at the Golden Living Center in Randolph.

MADISON / BRIDGMAN, Mich. - John Robert Gilsdorf, age 81, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully, with his wife by his side, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. He was born on June 29, 1935, the son of John "Jack" and Ermina…

MADISON - Donald E. Herrmann, age 84, passed away Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at his home. Family and friends may visit at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, from 5 p.m. until the time…

DEFOREST - Clayton Richard "Clayty" Underdahl, age 19, died on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, as the result of a tragic car accident. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at ST.…