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UW-Whitewater Commencement set for May 19

May 19, 2018

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will celebrate the achievements of its graduates Saturday, May 19, 2018, as proud families gather for spring commencement ceremonies. A total … Read more

Marilynn Ruth Baxter, Ph.D., 81, of Rockford, IL, formally of Kewanee, IL, died at 4:34 p.m. on Friday, April 27, 2018 at her home in Rockford.

May 17, 2018

Marilynn was born June 28, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of George Byron and Ruth Quinn (Hurd) Baxter. She attended the State University of Iowa in Ames and graduated in 1958; she then did post-graduate work at University of Edinburg in 1960 and the School of Actors Company in NYC in 1963; She received her MA from University of Wisconsin in 1965 and her PhD in 1973; She did post graduate work at Lee Strosberg and was Director of Actors Workshop 1968; Marilynn was Instructor Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 1964- 1967. She was communications faculty and director at Parkside Players University of Wisconsin at Parkside, Kenosha in 1967. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Douglas James Koch, 49 of Whitewater, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison following a lifelong battle with Neurofibromatosis.

May 17, 2018

He was born on April 17, 1969.

Doug is survived by his parents, Ken and Sally (Maas) Koch of Fort Atkinson; sister, Lisa (Chad) Hanmer; niece, Keira Hanmer; aunt, Carol (Jerry) Mollenhour and uncles, John Kleinhans and Durwood Maas.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Deanne Koch; aunt, Phyllis Kleinhans and uncle, Douglas Maas.

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