Faye Hilgart
Feb 14, 2025
Faye Aileen Hilgart (79) of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, passed away of natural causes at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 14th, 2025.
Faye was born on October 8th, 1945, in Soudan, Minnesota, to parents Arnie Branwall and Eline (Williams) Branwall. Faye was very connected to the earth, spending as much of her childhood as possible outdoors, including at her...
Donald Mack
Feb 13, 2025
Donald Melchior Mack was born on June 17, 1931, to John and Eleanora (Breunig) Mack. He died on February 13, 2025, after having lived a long and rewarding life, which began and ended in his beloved town of Roxbury. We celebrate our loving husband, dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa, who was very much looking forward to reaching his 94th birthday in...
John Oakeson
Feb 10, 2025
John Louis Oakeson
October 9, 1932 - February 10, 2025
WAUNAKEE – John, age 92, passed away peacefully at Milestone Senior Living in Stoughton, WI. He was born to the late George and Lillian (Bandow) Oakeson and grew up on a small farm outside of Marinette, WI. He joined the Marine Corps in 1951 and served his country in Korea and...
Margaret Dufek
Feb 10, 2025
Peggy was born on September 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, WI to parents, Rose (Bernarde) and Allen Schroeder. She grew up with her three brothers Thomas (Tom), William (Bill), and Dennis Schroeder. She was married to Lee Dufek for over 20 years and lived in Howard with their two children Daniel Dufek and Joanne (Dufek) Klaas. Peggy returned to college in...
Gary Donaldson
Feb 9, 2025
Gary Donaldson, 76, passed away early Sunday, February 9th at the VA Hospital in Madison Wisconsin. He was born in Dixon, Illinois to the late Max and Alice Donaldson. Gary was the middle child of 5 children. Gary attended Polo Highschool and was later drafted into the US Army and served in Vietnam. Gary graduated college on 10/6/67 from Allied...
Reita Copley
Feb 5, 2025
Reita Evone Copley, 66, passed away in the late afternoon on Wednesday February 5th, 2025 at Beaver Dam Health Service (Bedrock) in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. She was born in Traverse City, Michigan to Gloria and Lyle Kracht. Reita attended Waterloo High School in Waterloo, Wisconsin. After high school, Reita attended college, and received her degree in nursing.After college, she started...
Lon Seffinga
Feb 4, 2025
Lon D Seffinga, passed away 2/4/25, at 76, in his home surrounded by his loving family.
Lon’s wishes for his obituary: He said, “ Make it short, just write ‘HE HAD A BEARD!”
But he was so much more than that…
We know he’s cruising through the afterlife in his favorite cars, one being, his 1957 ford retractable hardtop.
There isn't enough paper in...
Steven Vorass Sr.
Jan 31, 2025
Steve Vorass Sr., age 72, of Pardeeville, Wisconsin, found peace on January 31, 2025, embracing his final moments with his beloved family.
Born January 14, 1953, to Eugene and Dorothy Vorass in Palentine, Illinois, Steve graduated from Lake Zurich High School and then dedicated over three decades of his working life as a skilled machinist at Warner Electric in Rockton, Illinois....
Roberta "Bobbi" Zehner
Jan 21, 2025
Bobbi Zehner-January 21, 2025
Family lore has it that Bobbi was born laughing. Well, maybe not quite, but she definitely lived joyfully. It is now up to loved ones to retell her stories, with a bit of dramatic flair, of course. And you’re right, if you suspect that she wrote this farewell.
After one glorious lifetime in Chicago, Madison became home, in...
Sandra Keys
Jan 19, 2025
Sandra Beas Keys, born in Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes Academy and passed away on January 19, 2025, from long-term medical complications in Jefferson, Wisconsin.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Barbara Brodbeck Beas and Herold Beas; her brother, Tim Beas; and her husband, Robert E. Keys.
Sandra is survived by her children, Kurt Patrick Lewis Jr....