Ralph "Skip" Peterson
Aug 30, 2022
Ralph "Skip" Peterson, age 83, passed away August 30, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on January 25, 1939, to Ralph and Margaret (Rogers) Peterson, Skip graduated from East High School in 1957. Little did Skip know as an 11-year-old lad sweeping floors of his father’s auto parts store that it would lead to his career. He later...
Elaine Rattunde
Aug 27, 2022
Elaine (Kennedy) Rattunde, passed from this world on August 27, at the age of 96. She led a life full of love, family, learning, and travel. Ever curious and informed, her passions included nature, listening to public radio, cooking, art, and gardening. She was devoted to her family of four children: Fred (Eva Weltzien) Rattunde, Bill (Maria) Rattunde, Mary Ellen...
Marian Louise Sturgeon
Aug 25, 2022
Marian L. Shawback Sturgeon, 85, passed peacefully from this world to her eternal home on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at the University Hospital, Madison, WI, following a brief illness. Marian was born Marian Louise Richard, to Wesley and Evelyn (Strode) Richard on Friday, November 13, 1936 in LaSalle, Illinois. She married Richard R. Shawback on January 4, 1955, at the...
Neil Henry Alwin
Aug 18, 2022
Neil Henry Alwin, of Dane WI, passed away peacefully at UW Hospital on August 18, 2022 aged 89, after an unexpected severe stroke. He was born on September 17, 1932, to Julius and Lucille (Kruse) Alwin. He lived a full life and would have been 90 next month. He had recently been declared legally blind due to macular degeneration, which...
John Glenn Erickson
Aug 17, 2022
John G. Erickson, “Papa”, age 74, passed away peacefully with family by his side, on August 17, 2022. He was born on January 14, 1948. He was raised on the family farm and graduated from Wisconsin Dells High School, where he met the love of his life, Bonnie Payne. John and Bonnie married on July 9, 1966, and together had...
Marcia Phyllis Field
Aug 13, 2022
Marcia Field With unbearably heavy hearts we announce the peaceful passing of Marcia Phyllis Field (nee Arnopol), 59, of Madison, WI. Marcia passed away on August 13, 2022 from complications of lung cancer. She was the beloved wife of Aaron, with whom she shared 40 wonderful years, and the adoring mother of Max. She is also survived by her sisters...
Melvin James Daggett
Aug 10, 2022
Melvin James Daggett of Madison/Verona age 89 passed away on August 10, 2022. His wife Patti was with him when he passed, just as she’d been during his struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. In 1951 he graduated from Central High School in Madison. Mel’s plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on a football scholarship were cut short when he served...
Jane Baum
Aug 10, 2022
Madison - Jane (Powell) Baum, age 96, passed away on August 10, 2022 at St. Mary’s Care Center. Jane was born August 22, 1925 in Madison, WI, daughter of William and Josephine (Chille) Powell. She worked many years waitressing and cleaning. In retirement, Jane knitted hats and baby blankets for unwed mothers and was part of the “Foster Grandparents” program...
