Madison High School Alumni Obituaries

John V. “Jack” Niles, age 95, of Appleton, WI passed away peacefully on Monday, January 19, 2026 in Appleton, WI.A memorial service will be held at 11:00AM on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Appleton, WI. Rev. Bill Switchenberg will officiate the service. Visitation will ...

Jason M. Tompkins, age 50, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2026, in Madison, Wis.A memorial service will be held at a later date.Jason was born on November 28, 1975, to Randall and Linda (Cordova) Tompkins. He graduated from Nekoosa High School in 1997. Jason worked as a production cook for 15 pl...

Ferdinand Leonard ("Fritz") Link, beloved husband, brother, father, uncle, grandfather and friend, died peacefully on Jan 23, 2026, surrounded by loved ones. Fritz was born on July 15, 1936, in Stevens Point, WI to Leona (Leiser) and Leonard Link. He lived a full life by his devotion to family,...

Robyn Gay NelsonHanger 67 of Wisconsin Dells WI passed away peacefully on December 31 2025 with her loving family by her side at Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN. We find peace knowing that she did not have to suffer longterm after her courageous battle with melanoma. She left us as the beautiful person ...

Jolene Schuster age 88 of Wisconsin Dells WI passed away on Thursday November 13 2025 in her home. A celebration of life will be held in Spring with details to follow. Jolene Stout was born December 25 1936 in Madison Wisconsin to Herman and Velma Winter Stout. She knew that a Christmas day birthday...

Richard Glenn Chatterton born to Gladys Marie Wagoner and Glenn Chatterton in Pontiac Michigan on September 28 1931 was called home to our Lord and Savior on December 29 2025 surrounded by his loved ones. Richard graduated from Roosevelt High School of Keego Harbor Michigan in 1949. He fondly recall...

Faye Green Batten 81 went to her Heavenly home on Wednesday December 17 2025 and was surrounded by her loving family. Faye was born in Jacksonville Florida on February 25 1944. She was the daughter of the late Eustice Lay Green and Eula May Cutshaw Green. Graduate of Andrew Jackson High School class...

Kenneth Edwin Tuckwell 75 passed away peacefully at his home in the Town of Kelly on the evening of February 2 2026. Ken had bravely battled end stage renal failure for 2 years and while on dialysis continued to focus on enjoying the natural beauty and wildlife present on the acreage he cherished. H...

Mary Candlewood Howley 85 Madison passed away peacefully at her sister Catherines home on January 26 2026. Mary was born December 24 1940 in Madison WI to Elizabeth A. Tormey and Harold J. Howley. She was a graduate of East High School in Madison. In 1958 Mary bought her first Labrador retriever pup...

MADISON Dean Franklin Bell age 67 passed away Thursday January 22 2026. Dean was born on May 9 1958 to Walter and Amy Lee Bell in Madison WI. He attended East High School. Dean loved cars and was an autobody repairman for over 40 years at Bruns Volkswagen and Pollock Autobody. Dean enjoyed camping ...

Daniel Anthony Zeimet age 92 was welcomed into the afterlife with loving arms on Monday January 26 2026. Dan was surrounded by family when he passed away peacefully at his sons home after a brief battle with cancer. Dan was born on September 20 1933 the youngest child to Joseph and Catherine Kesseni...

MADISON Sharon Joan Flinn age 84 passed away at Meriter Hospital early on Saturday January 24 2026. Sharon was born on June 25 1941 in Chicago IL to Alex and Clara London. When she was three years old her family moved to Madison WI in the Green Bush area. Sharon graduated from Central High School i...

was born on August 20 1956 in Gulele Addis Ababa and grew up in the Abware area in a lively and loving household. He was the son of Ato Bekele Dikir and Wo Wolete Yohannes Wolde Amanuel. He attended Dagmawi Minilik Elementary School and Asfawesen Misrak Atekalie High School. During his youth he part...

Evonne Elaine Gramma Bud Linde 94 of DeForest passed away on January 22 2026 at her home in DeForest. She was born on September 14th 1931 in Arlington WI the daughter of Ruben and Anna Reddeman. Graduated from DeForest High School in 1950. Evonne married her high school sweetheart Charles Bud" Linde...

Betty Jeanne Oczachowski Timm age 91 of DeForest passed away on Tuesday January 20 2026 at St. Marys Hospital in Madison WI. Born to Stephen and Estella Oczachowski September 14th 1934 in Strongs Prairie Adams County WI. Betty was the first of eight children. She spent her early childhood in Adams C...

Linda M. Francke, age 70, of Necedah WI passed away on Monday, February 2nd 2026, surrounded by her loving family at UW Madison.Linda was born February 28, 1955 to Leonard and Mary Przybycien.  She was born and raised with her sister Gayle(Gary) Magee in Menomonee Falls, WI. She graduated from ...

Karen Kay Moeller was born in Downers Grove Illinois in 1967. In 1971 her mother Judie and her two older siblings Vicki and Mark moved to Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. Soon after Judie married Arthur Robert Moeller a 4th generation Sturgeon Bay native and coowner of Moellers Garage at the corner of 3rd an...

John Evans Moreland age 87 of Hayward WI passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday January 31 2026. John was born on May 28 1938 in Madison WI the son of Ernest and Mary Waters Moreland. In his youth his family moved to Hayward WI where both his parents were originally from. John attended Haywa...

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1100 a.m. on Friday January 30 2026 at HansenSchilling Funeral Home 1010 E. Veterans Pkwy Marshfield WI. Pastor Mark Krueger will officiate. Visitation will be held from 930 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. Michael was born January 15 1952 the...

William Jerome Koessl 58 of Ellison Bay passed away unexpectedly on Monday January 12 2026 at his residence after an apparent heart attack. He was born May 2 1967 in Algoma the son of Jerome and Patricia Witalison Koessl. Bill attended Gibraltar High School and graduated with the class of 1985. He w...

Davis Mallery passed away peacefully on January 12 2026 at his home in Denver Colorado. Davis was born on January 11 1957 in Lafayette Louisiana as the youngest son of Edgar Mallery and Agnes Savoy Mallery. Davis will be greatly missed as a loving husband father grandfather brother uncle and friend....

Denise Evon Stafford Chamberlin was born on November 171939 to Alice Richard and William Stafford. The first of 4 girls. She grew up in Sault Ste Marie MI. She married Herold Chamberlin on January 23 1960 in Sault Ste. Marie and immediately moved to California. They had three children David 1960 Eri...

John Milton Ringstad age 74 passed away at U.W. Hospital in Madison on January 18 2026 after a recent heart surgery. He was born Dec. 3 1951 to the late Harry and Doris Corcoran Ringstad. John grew up in Madison and graduated from Madison Memorial High School. Following high school he traveled out w...

Bonnie L Rolstad passed away on Thursday February 5 2026 as UW Hospitals Madison. She was born on May 5 1941 in Baraboo to Roy Gus and Doris Curtis. Bonnie grew up in Prairie du Sac and graduated in 1959 from Prairie du Sac High School and spent most of her life in the Sauk Prairie area. Bonnie met ...

Sally Ann Pierce, age 77, of Remer, MN passed away surrounded by family on Monday, January 26, 2026 in North Branch, MN.Sally was born December 15, 1948 in Red Wing, MN to parents, Paul and Margaret (Olson) Swenson. Sally and her family moved to North Branch when she was a young teen. She attended ...

Charles Frank “Chuck” Groeschel, age 89, of New Holstein passed away Monday, February 2, 2026, at the Field of Dreams Assisted Living in Kiel where he resided for this past year.He was born June 23, 1936, in Charlesburg to Louis & Elsie (Mertens) Groeschel. Chuck attended Holy Rosary Catholic Gr...

Bonnie Beier age 75 of Brandon WI passed away peacefully on Friday January 9 2026. Bonnie was born on May 28 1950 in Fond du Lac WI to Ray and Thelma Linden Sinotte. Bonnie graduated from Goodrich High School Fond du Lac and later attended Constance Beauty School in Oshkosh. A talented and hardworki...

Robert Bob Odegaard age 75 of Rio passed away Friday January 16 2026. Robert was born in Madison Wisconsin on January 13 1951 to Josephine Stelter Lokken and Robert Odegaard. Bob attended Madison LaFollette High School graduating in 1969. He married Jodi Lockwood on February 22 1992. Bob worked as a...

Richard J. Rut, 80, of Muscoda died on Friday, February 6, 2026, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison from heart complications. He was born on July 14, 1945, in Muscoda the son of Ladd and Violet (Sailing) Rut. Rich graduated from Muscoda High School in 1963. He worked at Howard Rotavator and Cardinal ...

Julie Baldwin Keller, 71, of Richland Center died on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at her home. She was born on May 30, 1954, in New London, Wisconsin, the daughter of Victor and Elsie (Frederick) Baldwin. They lived in Manawa, Wisconsin until moving to Richland Center when Julie was 6 years old. Julie...