Dennis W. Fluckiger (musician name, Den Williams)
September 27, 1942 - December 06, 2021
Obituary
MADISON - Dennis W. Fluckiger (musician name, Den Williams), age 79, of Madison, passed away on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born on Sept. 27, 1942, in Madison, the son of William and Anna (Froland) Fluckiger.
Dennis graduated from Madison East High School in 1961. He was married to Mikki for 8 ½ good years, and together they had two children, Jerianne and Kris. Later, he married Beverly Schmitz and together they had two children, Jennifer and Jeffrey. Dennis and Beverly were together for 41 ½ years until her passing.
Dennis worked for the Madison School District in building services for 37 ½ years. His true passion was being a musician from 1958-2016, where he played throughout the Madison area and taught hundreds of students on the piano. He was also a proud member of the Musician Union through 2020.
Dennis is survived by his two daughters, Jerianne (Arnie) Theis and Jennifer Macheel; two sons, Jeffrey (Melissa) Fluckiger and Kris (Cindy Zuehls) Fluckiger; grandchildren, Madilynn, Wyatt and Jacilynn Fluckiger, and Joe, Nick and Lindy Fluckiger; and former wife, Mikki Popowich. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly; parents; and brother, Arnie (Ruth) Mier.
A celebration of life will be held at GUNDERSON EAST FUNERAL AND CREMATION CARE, 5203 Monona Drive, Madison, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021.
To all my special friends, you know who you are, and there are too many to list, including my Wednesday coffee buddies, thank you for being in my life. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.
Gunderson East
Funeral & Cremation Care
5203 Monona Drive
(608) 221-5420
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Visitation
Sat Dec 18, 2021 @ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
Gunderson East Funeral & Cremation Care • 5203 Monona Drive, Madison, WI 53716
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Bert G. Zipperer
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Dennis worked tirelessly to keep Madison's Marquette Elementary School and the attached O'Keeffe Middle School immaculately clean and well-maintained. I worked at Marquette for 10 years and enjoyed being around Dennis on a daily basis. Dennis was one of those folks at Building Services -- and we all know that custodians are central to any school! They keep everything working and they know all the faculty, as well as the students and many families. They greet us in the hallways and show up when we call them -- and we rarely called with good news! Dennis was a true gem .... I thoroughly enjoyed our time together and I am sad to learn of his passing. Thank you, Dennis, for ALL you did to make our school the wonderful place it was -- every single day! I remember walking into the school on the final days of summer vacation -- seeing a mountain of work that still needed to be done before the students arrived. And Dennis assured us that all would be completed before the students arrived. And as students and families arrived -- the entire school sparkled and shined with the care and dedication of the custodians who had prepared us so meticulously for the start of a new year. That was true every year in August .... and then they did that every day all year long!! Thank you, Dennis!
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Nancy Wild
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Den and Bev were my neighbors on Eldorado for years. Great family. Miss Bev and will also miss Denny. So sorry to hear this. I live in South Carolina now; so won't be able to come for funeral; but my thoughts are with the family; especially, at this time of year.
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Lindy
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Going to lunch with him