Joanne Sophie Sutherland

Joanne Sophie Sutherland

August 02, 1935 - June 09, 2023

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MADISON- Joanne S. “Jo” Sutherland, age 87, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2023, at Agrace HospiceCare. She was born Joanne Sophie Larson on Aug. 2, 1935, in Deforest, Wis.  Jo graduated in 1953 from Madison East High School and then graduated from UW-Whitewater in 1957.   She went on to teach first grade for 43 years in Madison before retiring in 2000.  


Joanne married Richard “Dick” Sutherland in 1963.  Both were fans of the Packers and Wisconsin Badgers football.  They had Badgers football season tickets for almost 50 years.  They also enjoyed traveling to different places in the United States, visiting friends and relatives and sightseeing. Jo enjoyed spending time in her many gardens at her home, planting and caring for over a hundred flowering perennials.  


Joanne was preceded in death by her husband, Richard; her brothers, Russell and Warren; and sisters, Leona, Betty and Sue. She is survived by her children, Jon (Amy) Sutherland of Madison and James (Shawnee) Parens of Tucson, Ariz.; grandchildren, Kameron Nonn, Tailyn Ludwiczak, Max Parmaker and Jackson Parmaker; friend and sister-in-law, Nancy Sutherland; as well as several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.


A small family gathering will be held at Roselawn Memorial Park at a later time.  


The family wishes to thank Brightstar Assisted Living and Memory Care in Waunakee and Agrace HospiceCare services for their support, guidance and care for Jo. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.


Gunderson East

Funeral & Cremation Care

5203 Monona Drive

(608) 221-5420




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Chad Bousum
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Jo was a huge part of our lives here at BrightStar Senior Living of Waunakee. We miss her tremendously, but are happy she's no longer suffering. Her family and friends are forever in our prayers.
JM
John Montgomery
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Joanne was Ms Larson when she was my 1st grade teacher at Hawthorne. I visited her and her classes at Lowell over the years, always happy to visit. She will be missed by those whose lives she touched.
JP
Jeanne Preston
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“Mrs. Sutherland” will always have a special place in my heart. She was my first-grade teacher (65-66) at Hawthorne School and was the most beautiful person I had ever met—both inside and out. I remember how gently she dealt with a very difficult student in my class and even at that young age, her patience impressed me. The next year I transferred to a different school, but I often returned after school to visit Mrs. Sutherland who always made time for a former student. She was my inspiration to become an elementary school teacher. Her gentle caring ways have surely touched many lives.

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