Mary Ellen Hannemann

Mary Ellen Hannemann

January 23, 1954 - October 06, 2025

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MOUNT HOREB - Mary Ellen Hannemann, age 71, of Verona, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2025, at Ingleside Manor. She was born on January 23, 1954, in Madison, the daughter of Richard and Helen (Spears) Rindy.


Mary attended Mount Horeb High School, and was in the class of 1972. She loved her family so much. Mary was a lover of nature, especially bird watching from her kitchen window, gardening with friends, and finding the perfect field stones along the road in “God’s Country” outside Mount Vernon. She was a proud Kwik Trip employee and a local favorite at the Verona store. She was a fierce competitor and Jeopardy armchair champion.


Mary is survived by her children, Mark Erickson, Amelia (Quinn) McConnell and Dave Hannemann; four grandchildren, Apollo, Isla, Emma and Dean; four sisters, Roberta (Jim) Rosick, Evelyn (Chuck) Sawyer, Sylvia (Brian) Peckham and Sara (Jeff) Bechen; seven brothers, Jim (Nikki) Rindy, Bill (Deanna) Rindy, Chris (Lisa) Rindy, Mike (Ronda) Rindy, John Rindy, Chuck (Terrie) Rindy and Dan (Heather) Rindy; and many nieces and nephews.


She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Helen Rindy; sister, Helen Roberts; two brothers, Dick Rindy and Dean Rindy; two nephews, Dean Rindy and Johnathan Rindy; great-niece, Garrett Ubersox; and great-nephew, James Wyatt Rindy.


Mary will be laid to rest at Natural Path Sanctuary - Farley Center, Verona.
 

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Gunderson East
Funeral & Cremation Care
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(608) 221-5420


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We are deeply sorry for your loss ~ Gunderson Funeral Home - Madison
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Amelia McConnell
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Two months ago today, Mom had a weird bruise and some swelling on her leg. I told her I was taking her to urgent care. She fought with me and laid back down in bed to end the conversation. The next day, Mom’s friend and helper, Marcos, called me to say she had a wet cough. I checked on her Saturday and Sunday and told her to maybe do urgent care please? A firm “NO” each time I tried meant I made the phone call to Dr. Doherty’s office Monday morning. Then Tuesday was the phone visit, Wednesday was the in-office confirmation that we needed x rays and more help. Thursday meant the chest CT scan and the leg ultrasound… The picture of us below is the end of Back to School Convocation day, when Quinn had the lead all day for her biopsy appointment and I picked her up from the hospital. I would never have predicted the hospital stays, then Hospice at home, then Hospice at Ingleside and that all of it, every weird and wonderful minute, would take exactly two months but here we are. I love you, Mom. I’m going through all your pictures and videos on your phone now and putting them on my phone, so I never lose all those memories. You loved babies, and your flowers, and your grandkids so much. And I’m grateful you got language back in the middle of all of this, because you were a great storyteller, too. Thanks for telling your labor story of me and my cute butt one more time. Love, Me
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Jackie Davis-Brown
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Sending loving thoughts and prayers to you and your family during this time. May the beautiful memories you share, bring you comfort and strength.
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Justine Rivera
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For a beautiful soul who is now free and at peace. With Love,The Rivera Family (Justine, Michael, and Charlie)
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Judith Ebneter
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So sorry for your family’s loss. She was a beautiful and special person. We didn’t see each other often but when we did it was always a wonderful and Happy time.

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