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Robert B. Imhoff dies

Robert B. Imhoff
Robert B. Imhoff

PACKWAUKEE/WESTPORT — Robert B. Imhoff, age 89, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family the morning of November 18, 2014. He was born in Highland, Wis on May 13, 1925, to Ben and Lena (Munz) Imhoff.

On July 21, 1948 he married Edith Urban in Madison. He was the father of Marilyn Brown, Mary Imhoff, Audrey Imhoff, Janet Imhoff, David (Lisa) Imhoff, Annette (Jim) Vanover, and Terry and Linda Caulkins. Grandfather to Vito (Caitlin) DiPiazza, Catherine DiPiazza (Jeff Boatman), Russell DiPiazza (Megan McKay), Suzanna Imhoff, Alesha Imhoff, Jessica Yittri, and Carey Nelson-Yittri; Great-grandfather to Vito DiPiazza, Dominic DiPiazza, Isaac Imhoff, and Emily Nelson.

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Dorothy Lepeska dies October 31

MONTFORT/VERONA — Dorothy Dorszynski Lepeska died on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Montfort, with burial to follow in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Soman-Larson Funeral Home in Montfort, where a parish prayer service will be held at 8 p.m. on Sunday evening.

Born March 30, 1920, to Marie (Chmielewski) and Joseph Dorszynski, Dorothy spent her young years living above her parents’ drug store on Mitchell Street in Milwaukee. She attended St. Anthony Catholic School, South Division High School, and graduated from Marquette University with majors in Latin, English, and journalism in 1942. She worked for the Burlington Press the summer of 1942 and started teaching at Montfort High School that fall. Dorothy met Joseph Lepeska, a farmer, at St. Thomas Church, and by Christmas they were engaged. They married October 16, 1943, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Milwaukee.

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Eleanor Ryan Curtin dies

Eleanor Ryan Curtin

MADISON — Papal award recipient Eleanor Ryan Curtin, 93, of Madison died on Monday, Feb. 3, at home, surrounded by her family.

She was awarded the Cross Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice by Pope John Paul II in 1997 in recognition of service to the Church in the Diocese of Madison.

Eleanor was born May 13, 1920, the daughter of Dr. Frank and Loretto (Carbery) Ryan in Chicago, Ill.

She attended high school at Loretta Academy in Chicago and went on to Chicago Teachers College and received her teaching degree in 1942.

She was a kindergarten teacher in Chicago until her marriage to William J. Curtin II in 1944 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Chicago.

She and her husband settled in Madison. They had seven children.

 

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Former Assistant Superintendent of Schools Monica Bischoff dies

Monica Bischoff

VERONA — Monica Grace Bischoff, former assistant superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Madison and former principal at St. Peter School in Ashton, died on January 22.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, at St. Andrew Catholic Church, 301 N. Main St., Verona, with Bishop Robert C. Morlino presiding. Private burial will follow at St. Andrew Catholic Cemetery, Verona.

Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, at Ryan Funeral Home, Verona Chapel, 220 Enterprise Dr., with a vigil service at 7 p.m. There will be no visitation prior to Mass at the church, but the family will receive visitors during the luncheon following the private burial.

Monica was born on February 19, 1960, in Verona. She married Francis Ray on December 14, 1996, at St. William Catholic Church in Paoli.

 

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Helen M. Flanagan dies

DODGEVILLE — Helen M. [Lawinger] Flanagan, age 91, mother of Fr. Dave Flanagan, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Cuba City, and St. Patrick Parish, Benton, died on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Upland Hills Health Hospital in Dodgeville.

Visitation will be held Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Gorgen Funeral Home, 310 Ridge St., Mineral Point, Wis. and on Monday from 10 a.m. until the time of the Mass at St. Mary & St. Paul Church in Mineral Point.

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