All Obituaries

MADISON – Leonard D. Philumalee, age 78, surrounded by loved ones, passed away on Friday, June 22, 2018 at the VA Hospital.  Skip was born on January 27, 1940 in Madison, WI to David and Mary Philumalee.  He graduated from Janesville High School in 1958.  After school he enlisted in the US Navy and served until 1963.  Skip married the love of his life, Margaret Mutchler, on December 10, 1966.  He worked at Oscar Mayer for 30 years as a mason.  Skip was...

Madison- Donna K. (Kleman) Smith passed away June 22, 2018 at the age of 73 at Epion Pavillion Memory Care Unit, Cuba City, Wisconsin; where she had been a resident since 2015. Donna was born January 28, 1945 to William and “Liz” Elizabeth (Wardrop) Klemen in Portage, Pennsylvania. She attended Mt. Aloysious College and then graduated from Penn State. She married Capt. Kent W. Smith in 1971 and shared 43 years of marriage at the time of his passing in...

WINDSOR - Kenneth Lee Hewitt, age 64, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2018, surrounded by family.  A longtime resident of the Madison area, Ken was born on September 4, 1953, in Chehalis, WA to John Thomas Hewitt and Joan Poulda Hewitt.  He graduated high school from the Wisconsin School for the Deaf (WSD) in 1972, where he was an exceptional football, basketball, and track athlete. He was honored into WSD’s Hall of Fame for athletics in 2008, and for community service...

Rio – JoAnn A. (Kvale) Johnson, age 88, passed away at Aster Retirement Facility in Cottage Grove on June 21, 2018.  She was born on August 31, 1929 in Columbus, WI to the late Theodore and Viola (Fahrenkopf) Kvale.  JoAnn grew up on the family dairy farm near Columbus.  She attended the Nelson one room grade school for eight years.  Fortunate that the school bus started running the year before, she got to ride the bus to go to Columbus High School. ...

Fitchburg-Shirley “Gaye” (Ringhand) Knudsen, age 69, of Fitchburg, passed away on June 20, 2018, at University of Wisconsin – Madison Hospital, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Madison, WI to Doris (Eaton) and Lee Ringhand of Evansville, WI. She graduated from Evansville High School in 1967 and throughout her years she lived in Evansville, Madison, Verona and Fitchburg, WI.  Over her lifetime she had many activities, interests and passions...

DeForest/Sun Prairie – Thomas J. McGill Jr., age 74, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at home.  He was born March 7, 1944 in Highland, Wis., the son of Thomas J. McGill Sr. and Cecelia A. (Kuchar) McGill.   He attended Prairie du Sac High School and MATC.  Tom spent most of his life farming at home and Blaney Seed Corn and the University Farms.  Tom was an avid Brewers, Badgers, Packers and Mallards fan.  Tom is survived by his...

DEFOREST- Lorraine E. Thompson, age 89, died peacefully on June 18, 2018 at Serenity Home in DeForest. She was born in the Town of Bristol on November 29, 1928, the daughter of Albert and Esther (Sievert) Schenck. She graduated from DeForest High School in 1946. She married John A. Thompson on October 16, 1948 at Sun Prairie Methodist Church. Aside from her time as a stay at home mom, Lorraine worked as an...

Alner Albertha (Forseth) Martin passed away on June 17, 2018.  The eldest child of Melvin and Azetta (Harms) Forseth, she was born on July 13, 1925. She grew up in the Dodgeville, WI area and attended Dodgeville schools.  She married her high school sweetheart, Wayne Jones, and they raised their five children on farms in Iowa County.  On February 20, 1969, she married the love of her life, Bernard Martin.  They owned and operated the East Side Motel in Wisconsin Dells...

Madison – Donald H. Beck, age 92, passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Alexian Village in Milwaukee.  He was born on December 27, 1925 in Waunakee, WI the son of Andrew and Mary (Hausner) Beck.  He graduated from Spring Green High School in 1944.  Don proudly served in the United States Army in Japan following WWII.  After the service, he was united in marriage to Dorothy Kinsman on September 11, 1948.  Don completed a course at the University...

Marshall, WI/Sun City, AZ—LeRoy Klecker died peacefully at home Thursday, June 14, 2018.  He was born in Marshall on Jan. 10, 1926, the son of Louis and Margaret (Jana) Klecker.  LeRoy graduated from Marshall High School.  He married Josephine Krump on June 11, 1955, and they spent 63 wonderful years together. After leaving the family farm, LeRoy started working for the University of...