Obituaries

Doris Young Anderson, age 91, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Meriter Hospital following a brief illness.

MADISON - Asleep in Jesus, Fern M. Pfitzer, age 90, passed away peacefully on March 29, 2012, at St. Mary's Care Center.

MADISON/ BLACK EARTH- Robert "Bob" Francis Borman passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Sunday, April 15, 2012.

MADISON-Augusta Mary Brunner died in Madison on April 16, 2012.

DEFOREST-Jean Irene Schnurbusch, age 84, of DeForest, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012, at her home surrounded by her family.

OREGON – Zoe A. Thiessen (Reindahl), age 59, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, April 16, 2012.

Madison-Bertha J. Roth, age 91, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 14, 2012, surrounded by family at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. 

Mons Langhus, 75, of Viroqua, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at Vernon Manor in Viroqua.

Merlyn C. "Gov." Engelke, 81, of Belmont, died Monday, April 16, 2012 at Southwest Health Center.

BROOKLYN/ONALASKA-Anechia Jean "Butch" Snyder, age 77, of Verona, passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, unexpectedly, but peacefully at her home in her sleep.

WISCONSIN DELLS/ MADISON – Michael Thunder, age 60, passed away of natural causes at his home on Saturday, April 14, 2012.

MADISON-Francisco Aguero Avila, age 66, passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at UW Hospital after suffering two major heart attacks and irreversible brain damage. 

MADISON- Caroline Bernice Ingram, age 89, passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Meadowmere Assisted Living. 

Elnora Marie Swenson, age 89, of Viroqua found peace April 15, 2012 while at the Bethel Home after a brief illness.

Vernon LeRoy Simplot passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012 at age 73. 

Wayne Eugene Halverson, age 82, of Dodgeville, died on Monday, April 16, 2012 at Upland Hills Health following a long illness. 

Mary Alice Shea, age 80, of Janesville, died on Monday, April 9, 2012, while on vacation in the Cayman Islands.

JANESVILLE--- Lester R. Fenne, age 89, of Janesville, died on Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Edgerton Long Term Care Center, Edgerton. 

Dean Showers, age 69, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, April 15, 2012.

Madison/Monroe - Alvin Frederick Kraus, age 80, died peacefully Saturday April 14, 2012 at Attic Angel Place.

Madison - Catherine Odette passed away on April 11, 2012, in the arms of her beloved partner of nearly 30 years, Sara Karon.

Verda (Schweiss) McDermott, age 94, passed away peacefully at Greenway Manor on April 16, 2012.

POYNETTE - John Anthony Weitzel, age 62, passed away peacefully and went with the angels to his heavenly home on April 7th, 2012 after a long battle with cancer.

MADISON, WIS./CHAMPAIGN, ILL - Achieving her goal of living longer than anyone else in her family, Dorothy M. Smith died on April 11, 2012.