Duane J. Fose

Fose, Duane J. of Stoughton. Formerly of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa. Age 71. Died on Monday, July 9, 2007, at the Skaalen Home in Stoughton. He was born on February 10, 1936 in Madison a son of the late Clarence and Dorothy (Lang) Fose. He was a 1954 graduate of Edgewood High School and was married in Madison on January 11, 1958 to the former Rita Bisbee. He graduated in 1959 from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a BS degree and he received a BA degree in 1964 from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Duane loved to learn, he was always attending and auditing courses throughout his life. Duane was truly a Renaissance Man, he couldn't learn enough and he loved to travel, play tennis, bike riding, playing bridge, and photography. Living in Wauwatosa, Duane owned and operated a real estate appraisal business in the Milwaukee area for 36 years. Retiring in 1990 and his joy of buying a 1937 Chris Craft boat brought him and his family to Lake Kegonsa in Stoughton in 1991. Duane was a retired Lt. Colonel serving in the US Army Reserve for 29 years. He was a 1970 graduate of the Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas. He served in the Active Reserve Army Transportation Corp, retiring in 1996. Duane loved radio controlled scale model boats and airplanes and was an avid collector and builder of them. He treasured his many Sundays driving the boats and planes with his boating and airplane buddies Bob Alexander, Wayne Traxil, and Pete Trzebiatowski. Duane is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Rita; a son, Jeffrey Fose, Los Angeles; a brother, Dale (Margaret) Fose, Sun Prairie; a sister, Rita Collins, Orlando; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and by a son, David, in 2001. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Mon., July 16, 2007, at 10:30AM, at St. Ann Catholic Church, 323 N. Van Buren St, Stoughton with Monsignor Gerard Healy celebrating the Mass. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Park in Monona. Friends may call at the church on Monday from 9:30AM until time of the Mass. In lieu of flowers, memorials maybe directed to: Salvation Army; St. Vincent de Paul; or Porchlight, Inc. The family would like thank the Skaalen Home Staff for all there wonderful care; his physicians doctors Ken Felz and Efrain Perez, who saw him through his struggle with Diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, and Alzheimer's Disease. Cress-Olson-Holzhuter Funeral & Cremation Service Stoughton 608-873-9244 www.CressFuneralService.com