Kenneth Ernst Boldt, 82, passed away after complications from a motorcycle accident, surrounded by family and friends on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.

Kenneth was born on August 14, 1944, in Elmhurst, Illinois, son of the late Kenneth William Henry and Dorothea Marie (Ernst) Boldt. He graduated from Cary Grove Community High School, Illinois. He attended the University of Wisconsin and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst Illinois.

Kenneth was actively involved in several organizations, including the Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs, where he enjoyed racing, and Slow Food Madison. He was also a member of The Original Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Accordion Marching Band and shared his love of music by playing the accordion with The Big Squeezey band.

He enjoyed listening to classical music, attending concerts and traveling. He was a regular at Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts. He enjoyed cooking and eating great food. Kenneth was knowledgeable in many areas, including software development, computers, and automobiles. He worked as an automotive technician at Westlake and spent many years working for Hewlett-Packard, both in Wisconsin and England.

Kenneth will be remembered by his relatives, friends, acquaintances, coworkers, and neighbors as someone who was unfailingly gentle, generous, truthful, kind and brave. He will be missed by many.

Kenneth is survived by his sister Amie, his sister-in-law Sue, brothers-in-law Bill and Richard; his nieces, Christa, Catherine, Angela, Amanda, Sarabess, Melanie, Jennifer, and nephew Eric; his grandnieces and grandnephews Caitlin, Elijah, Nat, Lucas, Abigail, Sean, Ethan, Andrew, Max, Kylie, Lauren, Faith, Savannah, Tanner and Jake; and his great grand niece and nephew Maggie and Jaxson.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Susan; brother John; brother-in-law Dean, and sister-in-law, JoAnn.

Kenneth Boldt

August 14, 1944 - October 11, 2026

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