Isobel M. Baldyga

Baldyga, Isobel M. KING/MADISON Isobel Margret (Sim) Baldyga, age 89, passed away Friday March 15, 2008, at Wisconsin Veterans Home in King, Wisconsin. Isobel was born March 3, 1919, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the daughter of Daniel and Jean (Adamson) Sim. She is a graduate of Pawtucket High School, Tabbutt-Hubbard Business School,now Johnson and Wales. She also attended Bryant College and the Camp Lejeune branch of East Carolina College. She married Chester Baldyga on Aug. 27, 1949. Isobel served her country in the Marine Corps. during World War II stationed at Pearl Harbor. She served 33 months as a radio and teletype operator with the U.S. Marine Corps Womens Reserve. Prior to moving to Wisconsin in 1981, she had been a secretary with Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island for 17 years. She retired from PICADA, Inc. of Madison in March 1991, and retired again from Lands End call center in Cross Plains after seven years in 1998. She is a member of Middleton Community Church, WI-1 Chapter of the Women Marines Association, the United Women Veterans, AARP, life member of N.O.W., former member of Marine Corps League and Daughters of the Heather, No. 1 of Pawtucket. Isobel volunteered for many organizations in the Madison area including, Middleton Outreach Ministry (MOM), the UW Hospital, and was a mentor to children in the Middleton and Cross Plains schools. Isobel is survived by her daughter, Phyllis A. (James H.) Blankenheim, grandchildren, Pamela Blankenheim and James J. Blankenheim; and great-grandchildren, Gina M. Blankenheim and McKenna C. Howard. She is further survived by three nieces and two nephews; and other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Alexander; and a sister-in-law, Florence. A Memorial Service will be held at GUNDERSON WEST FUNERAL HOME, 7435 University Ave. Middleton, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2008, with the Rev. James Iliff presiding. A private burial will occur at a later date in King, Wisconsin. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, or the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King, Wisconsin.