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WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 OBITUARIES DEATH INDEX BOYLE, John W. GUTH, Mary Jean, 69. MACHO, Madeleine, 85............... MCCLUSKEY, Mary 93. OLDAY, Peggy Joyce, 77 RASPILLER, Gerald, 78.

REARDON, Ellagene, 90. STUDNICKA, Idabell, 70... WIEDENBECK, James 68. Boyle, John W. "Jack" CLEARWATER, FLA.

John W. "Jack" Boyle, was fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. He was the beloved husband of the late Helen Boyle (nee Martin); dear father of John (Shenee) Boyle, Ann (Bob) Calve, Ellen (Peter) Bay, James (Margaret) Boyle, Susan (Colin) Derdeyn, and Robert (Sara) Boyle; dear grandfather of 14; dear brother of Colleen Czarnecki, the late Terry Boyle, and the late Austin Boyle; and dear brother-in-law, uncle, cousin, and friend to many. Many! of those who knew our Dad may recall his many achievements in the business world. However, those of us closest to him will remember him most as a devoted and loving husband and father.

Dad will be missed by so many we take great comfort knowing that he is now at peace with Helen in heaven. Funeral Mass will be Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 10 a.m. at ST. GENEVIEVE DUBOIS CATHOLIC CHURCH, St. Louis, Mo.

Interment will be at Our Lady, Cemetery, Dardenne, Mo. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Our Lady of Hope Parish, PO Box 158, Shullsburg, WI 53586. Visitation will be Friday, April 25, 2008, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at BOPP CHAPEL, 10610 Manchester Road, Kirkwood, Mo.

Guth, Mary Jean Public Library. Gunderson West Funeral Cremation Centers 7435 University Ave. (608) 831-6761 www.gundersonfh.com MIDDLETON Mary Jean Guth, age 69, passed away on Wednesday, April 23, 3008. She was born on Nov. 25, 1938, in Decorah, Iowa, the daughter of Vincent James and Lois (Anderson) Franke.

Mary Jean met Donald Guth, the love of her life, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was united in marriage to him on May 1, 1959, in the Little Brown Church in the Vale, in Iowa. The lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Freeport, before retiring to Middleton, in 1992. Mary Jean was a wonderful wife, mother, and homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Donald Guth of Middleton; four children, Greg (Beth) Guth of Allentown, Stephanie (Voyce) Hendrix of Middleton, Michael (Christine) Guth of Philadelphia, and Steve (Christine) Guth of San Francisco, four grandchildren, Henry Guth, Hannah Guth, and Chloe and Simone Hendrix; and three sisters, Joanne (Duane) Bitcon, Margaret (Gary) Bye, and Carole Maher. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, John Franke.

Funeral services will be held at the GUNDERSON WEST FUNERAL HOME, 7435 University Middleton, at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2008. Family and friends may call on Saturday from 3 p.m. until the time of In lieu of flowers, memorials the service at the funeral home. may be made to the Middleton Macho, Madeleine MADISON Madeleine Macho age 85, passed away on December 24, 2007, surrounded by her family.

To celebrate Maddy's life, a reception will be held on Sunday, April 27, 2008, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the INDEPENDENT LIVING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 602 Segoe Road, Madison. A memorial service will be at 1:15 pm. A full obituary, appeared on December Memorials can be made to Independent Living Inc.

or HospiceCare Inc. kindness and compassion will live on in their hearts. She is survived by her loving sons, Jerry J. (Sharon) Reardon of LeMars, Iowa and Richard L. (Nancy) Reardon of Reedsburg; four grandchildren, Randall' of LeMars, Iowa, JoAnn (Kyle) Black of LeMars, Iowa, Mary Ann (Steve) Burmester of Reedsburg, and James of Prairie du Sac; eight great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; other near relatives; and dear friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 66 years; brother, Robert Lange; and sister, Cecil Baillies. Mass of Christian Burial for Ellagene Reardon, be held on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 2 p.m. at ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH in Pardeeville. Father John Hedrick will preside.

Burial will follow in the Pardeeville Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday from noon until the time of the service at the church. Memorials may be made in Ellagene's name to the St. Mary Catholic Church. The Smith Funeral Home in Pardeeville is serving the family.

Smith Funeral Home and Cremation Services 106 Roosevelt St. Pardeeville (608) 429-2020 Studnicka, Idabell LANCASTER Idabell Studnicka, age 70, of Lancaster, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. She was born Aug. 13, 1937, in Grant County, the daughter of Leroy and Frances (Taylor) Barr. On Oct.

24, 1959, she married Marvin R. Studnicka at the Beetown Gospel Hall. Idabell's working career spanned 36 years at Bank and Dick's Supermarket, both in Lancaster. She dearly enjoyed the precious time she spent with her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Marvin Studnicka of Lancaster; a son, Brent (Gail) Studnicka of New Lenox, two daughters, Robbin (Shane) Zenz of Blue Mounds and Leah (Mark) Spindler of Mauston; six grandchildren, Alex, Nathan, and Jenna Studnicka, Taylor and Cletus Zenz, and Annabell Spindler; brother, Bernard (Annabel) Barr of Soldiers Grove; and four sisters, Donna (Tom) Williams of Kewaskum, Ruth Hinch of Madison, Georgia (Doug) Klarman of Loves Park, and Martha (Charles) Schaefer of Cross Plains.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Bill Barr; her sister, Naomi Nickel; and her niece, Vicki Hinch. Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 28, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. at the LANCASTER YOUTH AG BUILDING. Burial will be in Dodge Cemetery, Beetown Township. Visitation will be held on Sunday, April 27, 2008, from 1 p.m.

until 5 p.m. at the SCHWARTZ FUNERAL HOME, Lancaster, and after 9:30 a.m. Monday morning at the YOUTH AG BUILDING. In lieu of plants and flowers, an Idabell Studnicka memorial fund has been established. Wiedenbeck, James T.

MADISON James T. Wiedenbeck, age 68, died on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, with his entire family at his side at the HospiceCare Center in Madison. James was born on Nov. 24, 1939, to Theodore and Bernice (Schwoegler) Wiedenbeck in Madison. He graduated from Edgewood High School, and was a member of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps.

Jim went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he marched in the Rose Bowl as a member of the UW Marching Band, and was a member of the Delta Tau Delta National Fraternity. Jim was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart Terri Buenzli on Aug. 19, 1961, in Madison, where they have lived and raised their family for the last 46 years. Jim acted as of Wiedenbeck which his grandfather founded in 1894, from 1961 until his retirement in 2002. He was very active from the inception of First Business Bank, serving on the Board of Directors, acting as a member of the loan committee, the charitable contributions committee, and was chairman of the Governance Committee.

Jim's work in faith includes many years as a trustee, and both as a member and chairman of the Finance Council at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church. Jim was president of Nakoma Country Club, where he enjoyed being a mem- NOTABLE DEATHS ROSALIE RITZ, 84 Courtroom artist was born in Milwaukee Clearwater, Fla. Dodgeville Portage Lancaster DODGEVILLE Mary A. McCluskey, age 93, of Dodgeville, died on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.

Mary was born on May 30, 1914, in Martinville, a daughter of John and Mary (Dresen) Paar. She was united in marriage to Patrick Joseph McCluskey on Aug. 28, 1934, in Dodgeville. They farmed in the and Standard area. Then they moved to Dodgeville in 1979.

She loved playing cards, cooking, baking and her door was always open. Mary is survived by her children, Patricia Kilkelly (Ott Boebol) of Dodgeville, Mary Lou (Sam) Ace of Brooklyn, Kenneth (Kay) McCluskey of Rockford, Dorothy (Dave) DeVoss of Dodgeville, Geraldine (Dennis) Ruppert of Necedah, Barbara (Howard) Wilkinson of Sheridan, Larry (Carol) McCluskey of Spring, Green, Dick McCluskey Dodgeville, Kay Ann Buechele (Gary Bohn) of Mount Horeb, Mike (Chris) McCluskey of Waukesha, and Bruce (Laurie) McCluskey of Ridgeway; 46 grandchildren; 88 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, P.J. in 1990; her son, Patrick in 2001; her grandson, Howie in 1987; great-grandson, Shane in 2000; her parents; her sister, Agnes (Walter) Ruhland; her brother, Rinheart (Dorothy) Paar; her sister, Dorothy (Bert) Slinde; her brother, Raymond Paar and her brother, Joseph Paar. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

on Monday, April 28, 2008, at ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH in Dodgeville. Father Paul Ugo Arinze will officiate. Burial will be held in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Friends may call from until 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, 2008, at the funeral home. Gorgen-McGinley Ayers Funeral Home 400 E. Grace Dodgeville www.gorgenfh.com Olday, Peggy Joyce MADISON Peggy Joyce Olday, age 77, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008, at HospiceCare Center in Fitchburg. Services are pending.

A full obituary will appear in the Saturday paper. Cress Funeral Cremation Service 3610 Speedway Road (608) 238-3434 www.cressfuneralservice.com Raspiller, Gerald MADISON Gerald Raspiller, age 78, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2008. In celebration of Gerald's life, a memorial service will be held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. April 27, 2008, at the V.F.W.

on Cottage Grove Road, Madison. Thanks to all his family and friends. Reardon, Ellagene PORTAGE Ellagene Reardon, age 90, of Portage, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. She was born on Feb. 22, 1918, in Wisconsin.

On June 3, 1935, she was united in marriage to Orris F. Reardon at St. Mary Catholic Church in Pardeeville. Two sons blessed their marriage. Ellagene and Orrie owned and operated the Wyocena Bar in the 1940s and in the 1950s the Wyocena General Store.

They also owned the restaurant in Pardeeville for six years. Ellagene worked for Badger Ordnance, as a secretary for 27 years, retiring in 1975. After retirement, she and her husband moved from Pardeeville to Portage. Ellagene was a lifelong member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Pardeeville.

She was an avid outdoors woman, enjoying hunting and fishing with her husband. Together, they were also active in the Pardeeville Curling Club. She enjoyed playing cards and bingo. Ellagene was an amazing lady and mother. She was gifted in baking pies, fudge and cooking.

She also was a wonderful seamstress. Most dear to Ellagene was her family and her love for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her By LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press A. LOS ANGELES Rosalie Ritz, a premier courtroom artist who for four decades chronicled dozens of highdrama trials, including those of Charles Manson, Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson, has died.

She was 84. She died at her home in Walnut Creek in Northern California April 18 after a twoyear battle with lung cancer, her daughter Sandy Ritz told The Associated Press. Ritz's work was seen on network TV and on AP wires beginning with the infamous Army-McCarthy hearings in the 1950s. Soon after, she began drawing in courtrooms. Her trial illustrations are in a special collection at the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley.

With her background as a fine artist, Ritz drew with a flourish that set her apart from her colleagues. Her work was never photographic but sought to capture the action and drama of trials. Before color TV, she sketched in black and white but later used color profusely. Sometimes she went beyond the courtroom. In 1967, she sketched Black Panther Huey Newton in his jail cell while he was facing trial for murder.

She worked at several Black Panther trials and a Hells Angels trial. "I was scared a lot of the time," she would say later. She was once pepper sprayed while drawing a Vietnam War protest outside a courthouse. An accomplished artist while still in her teens, Ritz began sketching live events when she was living in Washington, D.C., and got into a closed session of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. CBS-TV producer offered to buy her sketches, and they were shown on the Edward R.

Murrow news show. Soon her services were in ber, and was president of Sales Marketing Executives International. Jim's commitment to the Madison community has been evident his entire life. His civic contributions include three terms on the Madison City Plan Commission. A passion for political service led him to be active in city and local politics and work actively on Mayoral political campaigns and aldermanic campaigns.

He was an avid Badgers fan, a woodworking craftsman, and enjoyed golfing, gourmet cooking, jazz, blues and swing music. Jim's greatest pleasure was spending time at his cottage on Silver Lake in Wautoma with his family. Jim is survived by his wife, Terri; four children, Jim (Jill) Wiedenbeck, Jane (Tom) Young, Sue (Paul) Lanz and Amy (Peter) Lemberger, all of Madison; 10 grandchildren, who were his pride and joy, Ryan and Aiden Wiedenbeck, Camila, Bennett and Claire Young, Connor and Isabelle Lanz, and Megan, Jackson and Haley Lemberger; his sister, Judy Wedin of Minneapolis, brothers-in-law, Greg (Sandi) Buenzli of Grand Lake, Tim (Linda Sullivan) Buenzli of Golden, and Pete (Sandy) Buenzli of Castle Rock, many nieces and nephews; and his beloved dog, Oscar. He was preceded in death by his parents; and in-laws, Greg and Lenora Buenzli. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m.

on Friday, April 25, 2008, at ST. MARIA GORETTI CATHOLIC CHURCH, 5313 Flad Madison with Monsignor Michael L. Burke presiding and Father Jay Poster concelebrating. A visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the time of service at the church on Friday.

Burial will follow at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 5313 Flad Madison, WI 53711; or the HospiceCare Foundation, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway, Madison, WI 53711. Cress Funeral Cremation Service 3610 Speedway Road (608) 238-3434 www.cressfuneralservice.com Associated Press archives Rosalie Ritz is shown in 2001 in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Ritz, one of America's premiere courtroom artists who for four decades chronicled dozens of high-drama trials including those of Charles Manson, Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson, has died. Associated Press archives This 1972 photo shows one of Rosalie Ritz's artist sketches showing Angela Davis during her trial in San Jose, Calif. demand. When she moved with her family to California in 1966, settling in the San Francisco Bay Area, she became a freelance sketch artist with KPIX, a San Francisco CBS affiliate, and the AP, among others.

Ritz produced as many as 18 to 21 drawings a day on highprofile trials. "I could draw a whole jury in a few minutes," she once said in a speech. The AP brought her to Los Angeles for the trial of Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, in 1968, and she re- ROBERT REED, 50 turned to the city for other trials. In 1996, the AP coaxed She was 84.

her out of retirement to draw the civil trial of O.J. Simpson, her last assignment. In 1972, the AP Managing Editors association presented her with a special award for excellence for her drawings of the trial of Angela Davis, a San Francisco college professor ultimately acquitted of murder charges in connection with a Black Panther shootout. Ritz was also a wife and mother of four daughters, a tournament-winning golfer and a social activist who took a slum building in Oakland, and turned it into studios and galleries for struggling artists. She was born Rosalie Jane Mislove in Milwaukee, the seventh of 10 children.

Her mother was widowed early and struggled to raise her family in the Great Depression. Young Rosalie's talent was evident early, and at age 14 she attended the Layton School of Art College. She later studied at Marquette University and the Milwaukee and Chicago art institutes. By 16 she was earning money doing portraits at circuses and fairs. Trouble Funk keyboard player called Syke Dyke By BEN SISARIO The New York Times Robert Reed, who played keyboards in Trouble Funk, one of the definitive groups of go-go music a raucous, high-intensity dance style that flourished in the 1970s and early '80s died April 13 in Arlington, Va.

He was 50 and lived in Greenbelt, Md. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said his brother Taylor, who played trumpet in the band. Go-go grew out of the dance clubs of Washington in the 1970s, when live bands competed with disco disc jockeys for gigs and dancers' attention. As pioneered by Chuck Brown, the bands kept a taut, midtempo beat for marathon sets and threaded steady rhythms through the breaks between songs so that dancers never had a chance to sit down. Influenced by Sly Stone, the Ohio Players and other leading funk bands of the era, Trouble Funk had a playful, futuristic style that brought go-go closer to the rap sound that was then emerging in New York.

Famous as a tight live band, it played shows that routinely lasted for hours. Reed, whose stage name was Syke Dyke, toyed with his keyboards to create flashy electronic noises that could resemble science-fiction sound effects. Tony Fisher, Reed's childhood friend, who was called Big Tony, played bass and acted as the "talker," sing-speaking repetitive, calland-response phrases to whip up both the band fellas, do you want to take time out Early on, Trouble Funk was adopted by tastemaking DJ's like Afrika Bambaataa, who played its records alongside rap and electronic tracks. The group worked with '80s rap stars like Kurtis Blow, and certain Trouble Funk songs have become among the most sampled sounds in hip-hop history, used by LL Cool the Beastie Boys, Boogie Down Productions and Will Smith, among many others. Trouble Funk's first album, "Drop the Bomb," was issued in 1982 on Sugan Hill Records, the New York label that dominated early hip-hop.

Along with other groups like E.U. and Rare Essence, Trouble Funk outlasted disco, and for a time in the '80s, go-go was poised to become a mainstream hit. The group toured the globe and was signed to Island Records, home of Bob Marley and U2. But as was true of many gogo groups, its kinetic energy as a live act did not translate into hit singles. After two albums on Island that received lukewarm responses, "Saturday Night.

Live! From Washington DC" (1985) and "Trouble Over Here Trouble Over There" (1987), the band ceased recording, though it continued to perform, particularly in Washington. Reed was born in Newport News, and later moved with his five siblings to Washington, where his mother worked as a nurse. He graduated from Howard University with a degree in music and had recently worked at Bowie State University in Bowie, to get close to the instructing students in and the crowd on recording technology..