WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL (608) 4B OBITUARIES DEATH NOTICES Backus, Howard 80. Beal, Gertrude 82 Boyum, Linda I 88... Brigson, Roger 38. Burgi, William 57.. Prairie Champlin, Florence 80..
Dyer, Shirley 69.... Greenberg, Donald M. 69 Prairie Johnson, Olive 95. Larson, Darrell 40 Pflanz, Thomas 49. Schraufnagel, Alex Columbus Singleton, Stanley 67.
MO Voss, Irene 77... Sobek, Myri M. 80. Zeman, Miriam 74. Prairie Du Backus, Howard J.
HIGHLAND Howard J. Backus, age 80, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 1998 at Memorial Hospital of Iowa County. Born on August 6, 1918 in Chicago, he enlisted and proudly served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married the former Marjorie Cody of Highland on June 15, 1940.
Howard worked in several supervisory positions with the Internal Revenue Service. In 1972, they moved to Highland where they 1 owned and operated Tax Service for 24 years. He was a -member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church; the Robert Kail American Legion Post the McGuireLongmeier VFW Post the Highland Lions Club, and the White Eagles. Howard is by his wife, Marjorie of Highland; two daughters, Maureen (John) Morriss of Toronto, Canada, and Rosemary (Salvador) Maldonado of BensenIllinois; a son, James (Joanne) Backus of St.
John, Indiana; nine grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Alice Backus of Las Vegas. He was preceded in death by a son, Thomas; two brothers, Thomas and Elmer; and a sister, Jeanette Meyerman. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 1998 at ST. ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH in Highland with Fr.
Kenneth J. Frisch as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery with military accorded by the Highland VFW and American Legion Posts. Friends may call at the church after 10:00 a.m.
on Saturday, November 1998. The MCGUIREd. PETER FUNERAL HOME, Highland is serving the family. Beal, Gertrude H. COLUMBUS Gertrude H.
Beal, mage 82, of Columbus, died Thursday, November 12, 1998 at the Center. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, November 14, at 11:00 a.m. at OKEEG CEMETERY, Town of Elba, with Reverend Robert Wilke officiating. FUNERAL HOME, Columbus is serving the family. Boyum, Linda L.
MADISON- Linda L. Boyum, age 88, died on Thursday, November 12, 1998 at a local nursing home. She was born on September 28, 1910 in The Town of Berry, Wisconsin to Rudolph and Emma (Redders) Heintz. Survivors include, a sister, Mabel Heintz Schultz; a niece, Dorothy Schultz Baltes; three great nephews, Mark, Stephen, and Benjamin Baltes; and a great niece, Beth Baltes Dibbert. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Elsie Walkman; a daughter, Betty; and a son, Alvin.
Graveside services will be held (TODAY) Saturday, November 14, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. at the VALLEY HOME CEMETERY in Cross Plains, Wisconsin. Reverend Dan Dibbert will officiate, there will be no visitation. Schroeder-Cress Funeral Home Madison, Wisconsin Brigson, Roger A. EVANSVILLE Roger A.
Brigson, age 38, passed away after a brave and heroic battle with melanoma (skin cancer) on Thursday evening, November 12, 1998 at his home. Roger was born in Madison on September 29, 1960, the son of Norman Land Betty (Lesch) Brigson. He married Patti Keena on May 5, 1990. Roger had been a member of the Evansville Police Department since 1990 and had served as a Sergeant since 1997. He graduated with an associate degree in police science from MATC in December of 1996.
Roger is survived by his wife, Patti; two nephews, who reside in the Brigson home, Russell and Shane Littel; his special dogs, Dexter, Sammie, Amos, Georgie, Duke and Brittany, home; a daughter, Erica of Verona; his parents, Betty and Norman Brigson of Evansville: a sister Sandy (Rocky) Govert of Apache Junction, Arizona; her sons, Doug and Dan Switlick; and his grandmother, Lula Lesch of Tucson, Arizona. Roger was preceded in death by a sister, Karen Littel; grandfather, Roger Lesch; grandparents, Chris and Clara Brigson; aunt and uncle, Andrew and Lois Meek; aunt, Dorothy Burmeister; and a family pet, Max. A funeral procession will form at the HENKECLARSON-HOLZHUTER FUNERAL HOME, 1010 Wright Road, Janesville, and leave at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, November 16, 1998, for Roselawn Memorial Park Chapel, 601 E. Broadway, Monona, where funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m.
on Monday, with Rev. Phillip Bell officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
on Sunday at HENKEFUNERAL HOME. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorials may be made in Roger's name to the Rock County Humane Society, 222 S. Arch Street, Janesville, WI 53545, or the Roger A. Brigson Police Science Scholarship, the Foundation, 3550 Anderson Street, Madison, WI 53704. A special thanks to Dr.
Pendergast and his nurse, Pam Wick and to Hospice Cure, Inc. LOCAL Wisconsin State Journal, Saturday, November 14, 1998 Nominees are sought for annual King award State Journal staff The city is now accepting nominations for the 1999 Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award. The award is presented annually to Madison citizens who have made outstanding and significant contributions in the spirit of brothsisterhood and harmony. The sponsors seek to identify and recognize new leaders, unrewarded efforts and new initiatives.
A youth category has been added this year. Nominations, which will be accepted through Dec. 14, should be sent to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Humanitarian Award Committee, the Madison Affir- CITY REPORT mative Action Department, Madison Municipal Building, P.O. Box 1626, Madison, 53701-1626. For details, call 266-4082. Affordable housing summit to be Dec. 9 Mayor Sue Bauman has scheduled her Summit for Affordable Housing for Dec.
9 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The public and constituency groups representing tenants, landlords and Realtor associations are invited to the event. The agenda for a morning session will be repeated in the evening to increase community participation. Bauman proposed the summit to avoid a City Council showdown on Equal Opportunities ordinances to prohibit landlords from rejecting tenants solely on the basis of income standards or their receipt of federal Section 8 or other housing assistance. The mayor will use information to shape recommendations on affordable housing that she will forward to the council in January.
Suspect in slaying of cop asks for separate trial Associated Press MANITOWOC One of two 17- year-old boys accused of participating in the slaying of a policeman who stopped their car on a traffic check requested a separate trial Friday. Jason Halda and Michael Watts are each charged party to first-degree homicide in the Sept. 23 shooting death of Manitowoc Policeman Dale Ten Haken. District Attorney James FitzGerald said the boys are slated to be tried together, but Halda has filed a motion seeking a separate trial. Halda has also requested that the trial be moved from Manitowoc County because of excessive publicity about the case.
Attorneys for each boy entered an innocent plea on their behalf Friday, court officials said. Manitowoc County Circuit Judge Patrick Willis set Dec. 16 for a motions hearing and Jan. 25 for the start of the trial. Halda and Watts, who face mandatory life in prison if convicted of Woman kills boyfriend's lover, 2 kids, police say 18-year-old suspect is jailed in Milwaukee Associated Press MILWAUKEE A jealous teen-ager killed her boyfriend's other girlfriend and the victim's two children, suffocating one of the youngsters in a shopping bag, police said Friday.
A 5-year-old son died with the bag over his head. His 2- month-old brother also suffocated with his "head outwardly rotated," an autopsy report said. Their mother was stabbed several times, evidently with kitchen knives, police said. Knives were found imbedded in her back and chest, investigators said. The 18-year-old suspect was jailed Thursday, unidentified in the absence of formal charges.
The boyfriend was identified as the father of the youngest boy. A landlord found the bodies Wednesday morning in an upstairs flat in a north-side duplex. The victims were LaShanda L. Hilliard, 29, who was on maternity leave from her job at a health center, and her sons Dennis Peace Jr. and his young 'This whole thing makes me never want to have a relationship with a woman again.
I guess if I learned anything, it's don't be with two women at boyfriend of murder victim Burgi, William E. SUN PRAIRIE William E. Burgi, age 57, died on Friday, November 13, 1998 at his home in Sun Prairie. Arrangements are pending. Cress Funeral Home Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 837-9054 Champlin, Florence J.
J. aggie80. of Florence, Ferryville, Thursday morning, November 12, 1998 at Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua after a short illness. She was born on November 29, 1917 at Seven Mile Creek, rural Mauston, to Wilhelm and Olga (Fischer) Voigt. She was baptized and confirmed at St.
Paul's Lutheran Church in Mauston. She graduated from Mauston High School in 1935, then she attended Sparta Business School and worked as a clerk in Juneau County. On July 8, 1942 she married Norman Champlin. After Norman's military service, they lived in Milwaukee where she worked for the J.C. Penny Company.
They retired in 1975 to rural Ferryville where they built a home across from their son's farm. Mr. Champlin died on January 5, 1998. She was a member of the English Evangelical Lutheran Church in Viroqua. Florence is survived by a son, Roger (Sheila) Champlin, of rural Ferryville; two daughters, Sharon (Murphy) White, of Okeechobee, Florida, and Linda Clemmons, of Charleston, South Carolina; eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and two sisters, Elizabeth Voigt, and Lucille (Ervin) Walters, both of Woodstock, Illinois.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Bob, Herman, Ray, and William Voigt; and four sisters, Helena Schwedrski, Viola Deacon, Lillian Voigt, and Hazel Voigt. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 1998 at ST. PAUL'S A LUTHERAN CHURCH in Mauston with Pastor Dennis Kempf officiating. Burial will be in the Lyndon Cemetery at Lyndon Station.
Friends may call at the church from noon until time of service on Saturday. The Thorson Funeral Home of Viroqua is serving the family. MADISON Dyer, Shirley Shirley M. Dyer, age 69, of Madison, died on Friday, November 13, 1998 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at GUNDERSON FUNERAL HOME.
5203 Monona Drive, at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, November 16, 1998 with Reverend Brad Pohlman presiding. Burial will follow in Highland Memory Gardens cemetery. Friends may call from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
on Sunday, November 15, 1998 at the funeral home. A complete obituary will follow in Sunday's edition. Greenberg, Donald M. "Gibby" SUN PRAIRIE Donald M. "Gibby" Greenberg, age 69, died on Friday, November 13, 1998 at his home in Sun Prairie.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the TUSCHENNEWCOMER FUNERAL HOME, Columbus Street in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. 837-5400. Johnson, Olive J. DARLINGTON Olive J. Johnson, age 95, of Darlington, Wisconsin, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 1998 at the Lafayette Manor Nursing Home in Darlington.
She was born in Lafayette County on August 20, 1903, the daughter of William and Belle (Tregoning) Tyson. On September 22, 1927, she was united in marriage to Howard S. Johnson at the Wardsville Primitive Methodist Church. Olive lived in the Shullsburg and Darlington areas all of her life. Survivors include a daughter, Elaine (Jack) Thomas of Mineral Point; a son, Harold Johnson of Darlington; four grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two step-great grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Lauretta Weber of Benton, Wisconsin, Marie Bennett, and Helen Tuescher, both of Darlington; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by her husband in 1963; a son, Donald, in infancy; a granddaughter, in infancy; three brothers, Alton, William, and Ernest Tyson; and a sister in infancy. Olive was a member of the Wardsville Primitive Methodist Church and its Ladies Aid. She was also a member of the Darlington Homemakers, and Darlington Garden Club. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 15, 1998, at the ERICKSON FUNERAL HOME in Darlington, with Pastor George A.
Schleif of the Community Evangelical Free Church officiating. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery, Darlington. Friends may call on Saturday, from p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the ERICKSON FUNERAL HOME in Darlington.
A luncheon will be held at Grace Lutheran Church in Darlington following the burial. Larson, Darrell D. WAUNAKEE Darrell D. Larson, age 40, passed away unexpectedly at St. Mary's Hospital on Friday, November 13, 1998.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, No- brother Taral McCollum. When the suspect went to Hilliard's flat to retrieve items belonging to the 19-year-old boyfriend, there was an argument, police said. The boyfriend, jailed on a robbery charge, was quoted as saying he dated both women simultaneously and that the younger woman was "spiteful" of his relationship with Hilliard. "This whole thing makes me never want to have a relationship with a woman again," he said. "I guess if I learned anything, it's don't be with two women at once." the murder charge, remain in the county.
jail on $500,000 bail. Ten Haken, 27, had pulled over the youths' car for driving with the headlights off late the night of Sept. 23. A teen-age girl with the boys has testified that Halda fired six to eight shots at Ten Haken while the officer was talking into a portable police radio with his back turned to them. Police said Halda and Watts were wanted for failing to appear in court on previous charges, including a robbery count against Halda.
After Ten Haken pulled them over, the youths huddled in the car talking about killing the officer rather than going to prison, a criminal complaint said. Watts encouraged Halda and did nothing to prevent the shooting, according to court records. After Halda told Watts he would shoot Ten Haken, Watts told police that he replied, "straight up, we're not going to prison," the criminal complaint said. Top-ranking police approve pay boost The Madison Police Department's top brass approved by a 22- to-3 vote a 6 percent pay increase over two years, Capt. Charles Cole said Friday.
The 18 lieutenants, eight captains and two assistant chiefs have been working since Jan. 1 without a pay agreement. The compensation package covers 1998 and 1999. Three people did not vote because they were on vacation. The package provides 1999 salary ranges of $47,512 to $55,309 for lieutenants, $54,574 to $63,528 for captains and $62,726 to $72,979 for assistant chiefs.
Cole, who is president of the Association of Madison Police Supervisors, said negotiations were prolonged by the city's desire for overtime pay concessions. Police supervisors did agree to give up increased pay rates for days longer than eight hours. Previously, they earned time-and-ahalf pay after eight hours and double pay after 12 hours, just as rankand-file officers do, Cole said. In return, the city agreed that detective-lieutenants assigned to on-call duty during evenings and weekends will receive an extra dollar per hour beginning July 1. Cole said.
Brenda Ingersoll Six trumpeter swans die of infection near Wisconsin Rapids Associated Press LA CROSSE Six trumpeter swans in a wildlife restoration project have died of a bacterial infection, possibly because of something they ate, the Department of Natural Resources said Friday. vember 16, 1998 at 11:30 a.m. in BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 312 Wisconsin Avenue in Madison. Friends may call on Sunday, November 15, 1998 from 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
at the SCHROEDERCRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3325 East Washington Avenue in Madison. A full obituary will appear in the Sunday and Monday newspapers. Pflanz, Thomas 0. Thomas O. Pflanz, age 49, of Madison, died on Friday, November 1998 at his home.
Memorial services are pending. The PFLANZ MANTEY MENDRALA FUNERAL HOME in Portage is assisting the family with arrangements. Schraufnagel, Alex H. COLUMBUS A funeral mass will held on Monday, November 16, 1998 at 11:00 a.m. at ST.
JEROME CATHOLIC CHURCH, Columbus. Father William Hower will officiate. Interment will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Doyletown. Friends may call at the JONES-JENSEN FUNERAL HOME, Columbus from 4:00 p.m.
until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday where a rosary service will be held at 7:45 p.m. Jones-Jensen Funeral Home Columbus 920-635-5850 Singleton, Stanley D. MIDDLETON, HALE, MISSOURI Stanley D. Singleton, age 67, died at the VA Hospital in Milwaukee on November 11, 1998.
He was born on February 24, 1931. in Bedford, Missouri at the family homestead. He is survived by his mother, Ila Singleton of Bedford; seven children, Judy (Bill) Robertson of Durham, North Carolina, Joyce (Dave) Kuhn of Phoenix, Arizona, Julie (Len) Kraske of Rome, Italy, Gary (Fran) Denner of Milton, Wiscon- One of the swans was found two weeks ago in a wildlife preserve west of Wisconsin Rapids. The other five have since been found nearby, DNR restoration spokeswoman Pat Manthey said. The DNR is working with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and sin, Dr. Mark Denner of Brooksville, Florida, Dan Singleton of Woodland Park, Colorado and Joan (Tom) Binnie of Middleton; a sister, Grace Thompson of Holt, Missouri; six grandchildren; a great granddaughter; and a special loving lady, Margie Walker of Chillicothe, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his father, Stanley; his brother, Daniel; and his sister, Sharon. Funeral services in Madison will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 1998 at the FITCH-LAWRENCESANFILLIPPO-CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 6021 University Avenue.
Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Graveside services will be held at the Avalon Cemetery, Missouri, on Tuesday, November 17, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. Friends may call at the NORMAN WAGY GORDON FUNERAL HOME from 5:00 p.m.
until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 16, 1998. He was a loving dad, grandpa and great grandpa. He loved his family and was a wonderful gardener. He enjoyed going hunting and fishing with his son's each year.
In his free time he enjoyed watching sports and had previously umpired home talent baseball and officiated high school football. He always had music playing and loved crossword puzzles, cribbage, telling stories (a few TALL ones too). He was just starting a new phase of his life with a wonderful lady, and he was very excited about showing her what he knew and learning from her. He loved life itself through his children, grandchildren and great grandchild. All of those that he touched by showing them how to laugh and smile at the world will miss but hopefully have learned something from him.
He is now with his dad, brother and sister and they are all watching over us. We love you dad and we know you will be our angel sitting on our shoulder from now on. Fitch-Lawrence-Sanfillippo-Cress (608) 238-8406 Sobek, Myrl M. "Dottie" Myrl "Dottie" Sobek, age 80 of Lodi formally of Eastman passed away on Thursday, November 12, 1998 at the Good Samaritan Center in Lodi, Wisconsin. She was born on May 9, 1918 in Marion Township in Grant County Wisconsin.
The daughter of Percy (Mathews) Rounds. She married Sobek on March 31, 1937 in Richland a national wildlife laboratory in Madison to identify the bacterium, she said. Wisconsin has 250 to 300 trumpeter swans but most are too young to breed, the department said. Manthey called the deaths a County. He preceded her in death on January 11, 1981.
She is survived by three sons, Robert (Marlene) Sobek, of DeForest, WI, Ronald (Sheila) Sobek, Boscobel, Teddy (Judy) Sobek, of Marshall; two daughters, Nancy (Robert) Brewer, of Mazomanie, Pattie (Bruce) Downing, of Steuben; 19 grandchildren; 17 greatgrandchildren; three brothers, Clarence Rounds, of Boscobel, Vernon (Lois) Round, of Fennimore, Carl (Wilma) Rounds, of Boscobel; two sisters, Mildred Staskal, Boscobel and Genevieve Fritz, of Platteville. Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 16, 1998 at 11:00 a.m. at the UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in Boscobel. Pastor David Sobek officiating. Burial in the Boscobel Cemetery.
Friends may call on Sunday from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the THONI-KENDALL FUNERAL HOME in Boscobel and at the church on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Voss, Irene E.
SUN PRAIRIE Irene E. Voss, age 77, died on Friday, November 13, 1998 at Saint Marys Hospital in Madison. She was born on February 7, 1921 in Grellton, Wisconsin. She married Gerald B. Voss on July 21, 1945.
Irene worked at Saint Mary's Hospital for 20 years. Survivors include her son, Joseph Voss, Sun Prairie; three grandchildren, Robert Eau Claire, Peter Voss, Sun Prairie, and Kayla Voss, Sun Prairie; and a sister, Florence Grunnert, Fort Atkinson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald who died on February 8, 1991, and two brothers, Al and Urban A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 16, 1998, at SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, 227 Columbus Street with Father Randy Budnar officiating. Burial will be in Akron, Iowa.
A visitation be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 15, 1998, at the TUSCHEN-NEWCOMER FUNERAL HOME, 302 Columbus Street in Sun Prairie. Tuschen-Newcomer Funeral Home Sun Prairie Zeman, Miriam R. PRAIRIE DU Miriam R.
Zeman, age 74, died on Wednesday, November 11, 1998 at the Ingelside Nursing Home. She was born on July 24, 1924 at Moundville, the daughter of the late Edward' and minor setback for the DNR's attempt to restore the species to Wisconsin. There were 18 nesting pairs this year with 51 cygnets. The DNR wants 20 nesting pairs by the end of the decade and "it looks like we'll meet the goal," she said. Gracia (Topping) Heames.
On November 9, 1944 she was united in marriage to Arnold J. Zeman. She is survived by her husband, Arnold J. Zeman; five children, Sandra (Kirk) Kitt, Cheryl Reinerio, Charles (Chris) Zeman, Mark Zeman, Alice (James Storke; ten grandchildren; a sister, June Stewart; two brothers, Gordon (Rose) Heames, Lee (Elaine) Heames. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m.
on Monday, November 16, 1998 at the HAMRE FUNERAL HOME in Lodi. Friends may call form 11:00 a.m. until the service on Monday. Interment will be at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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