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OREGON—Joyce I. Walford, age 80, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. She was born on June 5, 1937, in rural Mount Horeb, to Julian and Selma Martinson of Black Earth. Joyce married Donald L. Walford in Oct. of…

MADISON—José Luis “Frenchie” Torres, age 80, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 11, 2018, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born on May 27, 1937 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, to parents, José Santana and Maria Esperanza (Maymi) Torres, he…

This State Journal editorial ran on May 20, 1968, two days after firebombs were thrown through a window at a University of Wisconsin administration office, damaging 15,000 undergraduate records. It was two years before the Sterling Hall bombing: Firebombs are…

MADISON - Louise Marie Rickert, age 101, of Madison, passed away on Monday, May 14, 2018. She was born at the family farm house on Jan. 8, 1917, in Ashford, the daughter of William and Rosalia (Engel) Jaeger. Louise graduated…

MOUNT HOREB / VERMONT TOWNSHIP - Richard A. Losenegger, age 75 of Vermont Township, Wis., peacefully passed away on Thursday, May 17, 2018, surrounded by his family at Ingleside Nursing Home. He was born at the home farm in the…

STOUGHTON - Daphne I. Paschkewitz, age 93, died on May 17, 2018. She was born in Milwaukee on April 18, 1925, the daughter of Elmer G. and Erna Margaret (nee Kreutzer) Krause.

MADISON - Kendall A. Finger, age 92, of Madison, passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Agrace HospiceCare. Funeral arrangements are pending. A complete obituary will appear in the Sunday, May 27, 2018, paper.

MIDDLETON - Margaret A. "Maggie" Dohm, age 91, passed away at home on Saturday May 19, 2018. Services are pending. A full obituary will appear at a later date.

MADISON - William Andrews Hachten, age 93, passed away on May 15, 2018, at Hebron Oaks Nursing Home in Madison. Bill was born Nov. 30, 1924 in Wichita, Kan., to George C. and Emma Andrews Hachten and grew up Huntington…

BELLEVILLE - Carmen Hughes (nee Legler), age 88, passed away on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Arrangements are pending with the Becker-Beal Funeral Home of Belleville.