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STOUGHTON - Paul Ronald Thomas Kirk Rodgers passed away peacefully at home on May 16, 2018, surrounded by family. He was born on Aug. 23, 1936, to Paul G. and Elizabeth Rodgers in Pittsburgh, Pa. He graduated from Langley High…

MADISON - Patricia S. Allen, 84, of Madison, passed away on May 15, 2018, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison University Hospital. She was born on Sept. 7, 1933 in Middletown, N.Y., the daughter of Joseph and Olga Shumake. She married…

MINOCQUA / BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - Lloyd H. Stein, age 84, a winter resident of Bonita Springs, Fla., passed away on Monday, May 14, 2018, in Naples, Fla. after a brief illness. He was born Nov. 18, 1933, in Templeton,…

VICTORIA, Minn. - Carl James LaBella, age 62, passed away surrounded by family and friends, after a long illness, on May 4, 2018. He was a kind, gentle man who thought of others before himself. Carl was born in Madison,…

MADISON - Sarah Ann Washburn, age 92, passed away at her Madison home on Monday, May 14, 2018. A full obituary will follow. Please share your memories at www.cressfuneralservice.com.

MADISON - Ella C. O'Connor, age 96, passed away peacefully with her family at her side, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at UW Hospital.

BELLEVILLE - Genevieve Wild, age 89, passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2018, at Girlies Manor in Mount Horeb with family at her side. She was born on Nov. 22, 1928, in Waunakee to her parents John and Anna (Haeusler)…

CAMBRIDGE - Gordon E. Gottschalk, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at his home. Funeral Services with military rites will be held on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at 11 a.m., at the DEERFIELD LUTHERAN CHURCH, 206 S.…

LODI / SEBASTIAN, Fla. - Michael Schmitz, age 66, passed away suddenly in his sleep of natural causes on Friday, May 4, 2018, in Sebastian, Fla.

MADISON - John Michael Rakocy, age 76, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, after a brief illness. He was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 7, 1941, to Frank Rakocy and Joan (Dehos) Manske. John received his Bachelors of Science…