All Obituaries

Sun Prairie-Robert R. “Bob” Pagel, age 92, died on October 20, 2018, at New Perspectives Senior Living in Sun Prairie.  He was born on February 6, 1926 in Plymouth, WI, the son of William and Ida (Thalheim) Pagel.  He married Eileen W. Kempen at St. John’s Catholic Church in Little Chute, WI. Bob earned 21 religion education credits at Edgewood College, and B.S and M.S degrees at the University of Wisconsin.  Bob was a member of the Phi Epsilon Kappa...

Madison – John J. Wacek, age 96, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 18, 2018, with his family by his side. He was born November 4, 1921 in Lancaster, Wisconsin, the son of Joseph and Irene (Ward) Wacek.  After graduating from Madison East High School in 1939, John served in the Marines during WWII. John met the love of his life, Edwina Flynn, and they were married on January 22, 1949.  He was employed as an agent with State Farm for 40 years. John enjoyed golfing,...

MADISON – Rose M. Scott, age 70, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018.  Rose was born on January 22, 1948 in Madison, WI to Norbert and Margaret (McCarten) Mack.  She attended St. James Grade School and went on to Edgewood High School graduating in 1966.  Rose married her love and her best friend, Colin Scott, in 1979 in Scotland.  Upon returning to the States, Rose worked for the United States Geological Survey for a few years and then she moved to the...

Madison- Terese Inez “Terri” Steinmann, age 58, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at Badger Prairie Health Care Center in Verona.  She was born on October 25, 1959 in Madison, the loving daughter of Richard “Dick” and Mary (Miller) Steinmann.  Terri was born with Down Syndrome and attended special education classes through the Madison School District, graduating from Memorial High School in 1981.  In her early years, she enjoyed camping at the...

Verona/Anchorage-Betsy M. Taake, age 61, passed away on Monday, October 15, 2018.  She was born in Madison on August 4, 1957, the daughter of Daniel and Diane (Olson) Zeimet. Betsy grew up on a farm in Deerfield, WI. She graduated from Stoughton High School in 1975. She married Tom Taake on July 18, 1981. In the summer of 1982, Betsy followed her husband to Anchorage, Alaska.  She owned and operated Shampoo, Etc. hair salon successfully for many years. She was loved by hundreds of...

MADISON-Sharron “Walt” Smith, passed away from complications of pneumonia and heart disease on Monday, October 15, 2018.  He was born June 28, 1948 in Hopkinsville, KY to Walton and Christine (Schemwell) Smith. A graduate of Attucks High School, Walt continued his studies at Kentucky State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. He worked for nearly three decades for the State of Wisconsin Division of Public Health as an indoor air specialist, retiring in...

Verona- Anna Carolyn Dow, age 84, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 15, 2018 in Verona.  She was born on February 3, 1934 at home in Fort Atkinson to Warner and Violet (Schroeder) Hummel.  Anna married the love of her life, Angus “Gus” Dow on October 18, 1980.  Anna and Gus enjoyed traveling. Trips to Scotland and Ireland being a couple of her favorites.  Anna was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gus; sisters, Marjorie  Tiffany...

Madison-James P. “Jim”Burse, known to friends as “Smokey”, died Sunday, October 14, 2018 at the age of 70 due to complications from chemotherapy. A celebration of life will be held at 1:00pm on Sunday, October 28th at the Locker Room (1810 Roth St., Madison WI). Smokey was born in Madison to Gerald and Sarafina (Capacio) Burse on October 28, 1947. He graduated from Madison East High, got a marketing degree from Madison Area Technical School, and went on to serve six...

DEFOREST – Roland “Rollie” Ripp, age 84 passed away Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Waunakee Manor with family by his side. Rollie was born February 15, 1934 in the Town of Springfield, WI to parents, Alphonse and Elizabeth (Grosse) Ripp. Rollie married Mary M. Hoffman on May 8, 1958 in Waunakee. He served five years in the U.S. Army Reserves until his honorable discharge in April 1963. Rollie was a lifetime dairy, hog and crop farmer. He was a faithful member of St. Olaf...

Lewis (Lew) McLeish   Lew McLeish passed away on Oct 10th 2018, in Glendale, AZ after a brief battle with Alzheimer’s disease, he was 77.   Lew was born in Portage, WI, the first of 2 children born to Verne & Adelle McLeish.  He spent many years working overseas building roads in Indonesia.  He had 2 very successful grading and paving businesses in WI and AZ.  Lew was an honest hard-working provider whose strong convictions, integrity and devotion to...