Category: Obituaries

Don was a professor of Rural Sociology at UW-Madison. In his 35 years as a faculty member, he made a host of important contributions to his department, the UW campus, and the state as a whole.

Pat continued his 31-year career as a data communications specialist for the UW-Madison.

University of Wisconsin freshman Cassidy Fritsch died unexpectedly Wednesday Oct. 9, according to a statement from the university released Saturday.

By 1958, he was a professor in the Department of Continuing and Vocational Education, UW-Madison. In 1966, he became Director of the UW-Extenson Division of Program and Staff Development.

Later, Lynne was a program assistant for 17 years in the UW Department of Environmental Studies (now the Nelson Institute), where she throve in the busy academic atmosphere of faculty and students.

She worked at the UW-Madison for 29 years, where she made many friends.

Betty worked for a number of years as the cook at several sorority houses at UW Madison.

Milwaukee native Glen Pommerening?s political career took him all the way to Washington, where he served in the U.S. Department of Justice, but the relationships he built as a state legislator and Wisconsin sports fan kept him firmly rooted in the Badger State.

Saul Landau, a determinedly leftist documentary filmmaker and writer whose passion for asking what he called ?the most intrusive questions? yielded penetrating cinematic profiles of leaders like Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende, died on Monday at his home in Alameda, Calif. He was 77. (Landau was a UW alum.)

Noted: Landau graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and after moving to San Francisco he was at various times a film distributor, author, playwright and member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe.

A memorial service for Richard ?Grady? de la Cruz took place Monday night at the St. Joan of Arc Chapel. de la Cruz, a former Marquette student who transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison this year, drowned in Lake Mendota in Madison Aug. 21.

She went on to work as an Interior Designer for the Department of Planning and Construction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for many years.

He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was employed for 35 years with the UW West Madison Agricultural Research Center, enjoying the work he did, his co-workers, and most proud of his perfect compost rows. He retired in 2010.

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He began his career as an electron microscopist at the University of Chicago in 1978. He then worked at the University of Illinois and later at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a research technician in various fields ranging from cancer research to plant pathology.

And many will remember Ken as an engaging guide at the UW Arboretum where, over the course of 30 years, he also taught classes, organized conferences and wrote publications on the lilac, crabapple and viburnum collections.

John graduated from New Glarus High School in 2012, and was currently a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in Dairy Science. He was an active member of the Badger Dairy Club and AGR at UW.

NEW GLARUS – John R. Klossner, age 19, of the rural New Glarus area passed away on Monday, August 12, 2013, in Milwaukee. Klossner was a UW-Madison CALS student.

He began his career at the University of Wisconsin Medical Center as director of public information. …In 1999, Paul also received the Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Mass Communications from UW-Madison
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Ms. Levin studied education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, then moved to Boston for graduate work at Wheelock College. She worked for the Boston television station WBZ in the 1970s.

During his bachelor?s program at the University of Wisconsin, Jerry was selected to show then Senator, John F. Kennedy, around the Wisconsin campus. The two of them sat in the Campus Union overlooking the lake and enjoyed coffee and discussions of their families.

Sharyn, with partner and husband of 30 years, Dr. Hugh Iltis, UW-Madison botany professor emeritus, and a dedicated environmentalist, traveled to remote and interesting parts of the world on botanical expeditions and made many friends in Mexico. Sharyn and Hugh enjoyed their book-filled home in the UW Arboretum.

Dorothy was a departmental administrator at the UW-Madison Extension Program.

After the war, Sam had a successful career with the University of Wisconsin Madison where he was recognized for 30 years of faithful service and also received the Governor?s Special Award from then governor, Tommy Thompson.

In 1980, she joined the faculty of UW-Madison as an Assistant Professor. In this capacity she served as Program Coordinator, Division of Professional and Human Development; Chair, Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Studies; Associate Dean, Continuing Education Extension Division; and Director, Wisconsin Survey Research Laboratory.

She worked at Pendarvis, Wis., Power & Light, and retired from the UW-Madison Bursar?s office.

Signe Skott Cooper, wonderful friend and colleague to many, passed away peacefully at Agrace HospiceCare Center at the age of 92.

Tesch, Hugo W. Age 77, of West Bend, was called home to be with the Lord on June 10, 2013. Graduate of Rufus King High School, Milwaukee. University of Wisconsin – Madison

Chester Barton ?Bart? Martin, Jr., 80, of Middleton, Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, passed away on May 26, 2013.

Chester Barton “Bart” Martin, Jr., 80, of Middleton, Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, passed away on May 26, 2013.

Stephen “Steve” Lowell Rader, 47, Madison, Wis., passed away Friday (5-24-13) after a bicycle accident in Madison.

Former UW Law School Dean George Bunn, a noted nuclear arms expert and negotiator, died of spinal cancer Sunday in Palo Alto, Calif., said his son Matthew Bunn. He was 87.

SHOREWOOD HILLS – George E. P. “Pel” Box, age 93, died on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at home.

NAPLES, Fla. – Edward Ivan Boldon Jr., M.D.,

HOUSTON, Texas / MADISON – Jay C. Nania was born Nov. 8, 1961, to Virginia Calhoun Nania and James Joseph Nania, DDS in Madison to the delight of his four older brothers, John, Jim, Jeff, and Joel, who took great pride in participating in his upbringing. He was taken from his loving family far too soon following a valiant fight against brain cancer on March 18, 2013, in Housto

ALLOUEZ – Thomas C. Thompson, 70, of Allouez, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, due to complications of many illnesses.

MIDDLETON – Jeanne Schiro, age 66, of Middleton, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.

Jeanne Schiro, age 66 of Middleton, Wis., passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Jeanne worked for the University of Wisconsin Accounts Payable Department for over 40 years where she retired in 2010 as an Accounts Payable Manager.

Members of the Madison and campus community began to mourn the loss of University of Wisconsin psychology professor Bryan Hendricks this week. Hendricks died Friday morning at the age of 66.

MADISON – Elena V. Reyes, age 79, passed away on March 11, 2013, at UW Hospital.

VERONA/ MARSHALL – Elsner, Patricia A. (Coughlin) (Pat) (Ma), age 72, of Verona and formerly of Marshall, passed away surrounded by her family on March 9, 2013, at St. Mary?s Care Center in Madison.

Born September 24, 1948, in Madison, Margaret graduated from St. Francis Xavier Grade School in Cross Plains and Middleton High School before attending UW Platteville and the UW Madison where she pursued a Masters in Fine Arts. Margaret enjoyed 31 years of work at the University of Wisconsin Press where she held the position of Rights and Permissions Editor until Parkinson?s forced her to leave in 2008. Margaret?s smile, sense of humor, and unique view of life inspired everyone who knew her.

MADISON – Theodore Stephen Hamerow, G. P. Gooch Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, died on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013.

Donald Nichols, an economics and public affairs professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an adviser to three state governors and a president, has died at the age of 72.

Donald Nichols, a nationally renowned economist and former director of the University of Wisconsin La Follette School of Public Affairs, died Friday night at age 72.

Donald Nichols, whose tenure leading the UW-Madison?s acclaimed graduate school of public policy helped shape economic development in the state, and who served as an economic adviser to two governors and a president, died Friday at age 72.

Stephen Arant Myrah died of heart disease on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.

Nancy Ann Malz (née Burton) died peacefully on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at Oak Park Place in Madison.Nancy was a firm believer in the power of education. She began employment at the UW-Madison in 1977 and went on to earn her master?s from the University in 1990. She was the ADA Specialist for UW-Madison beginning in 1991, retiring in 2006. A trip to Paris with her son and granddaughter in Spring 2008 fulfilled a lifelong dream.

Jerry Kaufman taught urban planning for 30 years at UW-Madison, focusing his restless intellect on research into racial segregation and poverty in cities. Later, he shifted focus to urban agriculture, starting courses on community food systems and putting his knowledge to use on projects including Troy Gardens on the North Side.

Long before Gerda Lerner helped redefine the study of history to give women a more prominent place in it and before she established the doctorate program in U.S. women?s history at UW-Madison in the 1980s, she had to live through one of history?s worst horrors and ? barely ? survive it.

Gerda Lerner, a scholar and author who helped make the study of women and their lives a legitimate subject for historians and spearheaded the creation of the first graduate program in women?s history in the United States, died on Wednesday in Madison, Wis. She was 92.

Gerda Lerner, a scholar and author who helped make the study of women and their lives a legitimate subject for historians and spearheaded the creation of the first graduate program in women?s history in the United States, died on Wednesday in Madison, Wis. She was 92.

STEVENS POINT – John Evan Roberts, age 92, of Stevens Point died in his home at Oakridge Senior Living on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. A service to celebrate his life will be held at ST. PAUL?S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Stevens Point, after the holidays.

MADISON – Wendell Eugene Burkholder, age 84, of Madison, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. He had Parkinson?s disease. Wendell was a professor of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a research entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture until his retirement in 1996. He was a pioneer in the field of insect pheromones for biological pest control as an alternative to the widespread use of insecticides. His landmark research and product development have preserved countless tons of food supplies particularly in developing countries.