Dr. Deep K. Varma
December 27, 1967 - July 11, 2009
Obituary
Varma, Dr. Deep K.
VERONA-Dr. Deep K. Varma, age 41, of Verona, died as a result of a scuba diving accident in Lake Michigan, on Saturday, July 11, 2009. He was born on Dec. 27, 1967, in Worcester, Mass., the son of Ravi and Vijaya Varma. Deep grew up in Belle Mead, N. J. and graduated at the top of his class from The Lawrenceville School in 1985. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard in 1989 with a B. A. in psychology. Deep attended medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1998. While in medical school, he was elected a member of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He trained as a psychiatrist and completed a fellowship in child psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinics in Pittsburgh, Pa. Since moving to the Madison area in 2003, Deep has worked as a child psychiatrist, most recently at Agnesian Health Care in Fond du Lac. He was united in marriage to Nisha Rajagopalan on May 23, 1998. Together they have a nine year old son, Kiran. Deep enjoyed scuba diving, had an appreciation of both modern and Indian classical music, reading, and was an avid Boston Red Sox fan. His greatest passion was his son. Deep is survived by his son, Kiran of Verona; Kiran\'s mother, Nisha of Verona; his father, Ravi (Rema) Varma of Kochi, India; brother, Jay (Melissa) Varma of Beijing, China; nephew, Tejas Varma; and nieces, Asha and Sophie Varma, Jaishree, Nina and Asha Gupta. He was preceded in death by his mother, Vijaya Varma. Funeral services will be held at GUNDERSON STOUGHTON FUNERAL HOME, Highway 51 North at Jackson St., Stoughton, at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Private cremation services will follow. Visitation will be at the funeral home from 3 p.m. until the time of the funeral service on Wednesday. Gunderson StoughtonFuneral & Cremation CentersHwy. 51 North at Jackson St.(608) 873-4590www.gundersonfh.com
Visitation:
Visitation will be at the funeral home from 3 p.m. until the time of the funeral service on Wednesday.
Service:
Funeral services will be held at GUNDERSON STOUGHTON FUNERAL HOME, Highway 51 North at Jackson St., Stoughton, at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Private cremation services will follow.
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Eric Franke
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Nisha, Kiran, and Family..
We were Deep's neighbors until last year, across the street in Verona.
He was a fantastic father, who cared deeply and more than anything for his son, and we enjoyed a lot of Red Sox and football banter over the years.
Deep was a good man, great father, who made us laugh a lot -- especially when we dug him out of the snow in his driveway - and helped him with his adventures in landscaping.
May you have comfort in this time of sorrow, remembering the good times he brought to your lives.
Eric & Kim Franke
Madison
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Deb Higgins
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Dr. Varma will be sadly missed. He was a great Doctor & all the children & parents loved him. I will miss his smile & laughter. My thoughts & prayers are with everyone in his family.
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Pat Shikoski
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My sympathy to the whole family of Dr. Varma. He was a wonderful man, greatly admired by our staff as well as his patients and their families. My husband and I have a little piece of him as we "inherited" Cocoa, his chocolate lab, a year and a half ago after deciding that a lab does not make a good apartment dweller and would probably be happier running on an 80 acre farm. Cocoa has Dixie (another chocolate lab) to play with and roam every day and is thoroughly enjoying her new life and freedom!
Deep will be greatly missed---it was a pleasure to have him in our lives if even for a very short while!
TS
Tammy Schinker
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Our deepest sympathy to Dr. Varmas family. My 12 year old son has been a patient of his for a little over 4 years. My son is very sad and will miss him deeply. We will not find another doctor that is as open and caring as Dr. Varma. He really cared and it showed at every visit or even if I had to call with an issue. He was a very compassionate doctor who took my son (along with other children) into his heart. My heart goes out to his son. At each visit we would see his picture on doctors computer screen and I always thought to myself how wonderfully lucky he was to have such a great dad who had such a giant heart. He was a part of our family in a sense and he will be greatly missed by all of us.
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Executive Lodge
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We are so sorry to hear of your loss. He stayed at our motel when he was working in the Fond du Lac and we always enjoyed seeing his smiling face. We will miss seeing him every week.Our hearts and prayers go out to his family,
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Melissa Mularski
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I met Deep when he signed up for his first Scuba diving class in 2005 and stayed in contact since then. We connected right away, in part because our sons are the same age. He talked of his dear son Kiran often. He was a warm, friendly man with a huge heart. My prayers and condolences go to all of Deep's family and friends.