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Scott "Scotty" Wetlaufer
December 30, 1948 - May 28, 2022
Obituary For Scott "Scotty" Wetlaufer
Madison - Scott “Scotty” Wetlaufer, age 73, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2022, at the UW Hospital in Madison.
Born on December 30, 1948 in Rio, Wisconsin, the son of Wayne William Wetlaufer and Mary Thom (Bell) Wetlaufer, Scott was a graduate of Rio High School class of 1967, and was active in multiple sports teams in high school. He had a very strong love for high school basketball, and he loved to attend the Wisconsin state high school basketball tournament at the Field House each year in Madison. He was also an avid hunter and trapper in his early years. He was eventually blessed with three daughters, of whom he always spoke of and was very proud of. He worked for the State of Wisconsin for over 30 years, first for the Department of Natural Resources, and then later for the Department of Transportation. He had celebrated over 30 years of sobriety, and spent his life mentoring countless others into sobriety in the Madison area and beyond. He also loved riding motorcycles and was very active for many years in his local Sober MC.
Survivors include his wife - Nelly Josefina (Carmona de Rondon) Wetlaufer; his siblings - Sandra (Wetlaufer) Yaroch and Delbert Yaroch of Beaver Dam WI, and Edith (Wetlaufer) Wiske and Fred Wiske of Burlington, WI; his children - Tina (Wetlaufer) Rabe of Flagstaff, AZ, Julie (Wetlaufer) Caballero and Juan Caballero of Colorado Springs, CO, and Lisa Wetlaufer of Madison, WI; his 10 grandchildren - Christopher, Madeline, Alysha, Zachary, Grace, Taisha, Noah, Anthony, Trajan, and Cecilia; several nieces and nephews, and many, many friends of Bill W. both in Madison as well as across the country.
He is preceded in death by: his mother Mary Thom (Bell) Wetlaufer, and his father, Wayne William Wetlaufer.
A visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Ryan Funeral Home, 2418 N. Sherman Ave, Madison. A brief prayer service will begin right after the visitation at the funeral home.
To view and sign this guestbook, please visit: www.ryanfuneralservice.com.
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