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Pat Schneider, a longtime reporter for The Cap Times in Madison, died Sunday, Oct. 29, at Agrace Hospice Care in Fitchburg, following a long battle with cancer. She was 65.

Gerald “Jerry” Dryer, who had a long career working in and writing about the dairy industry, died Sept. 19, after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia.

Marilyn J. (Long) Christopherson, who served as owner and editor of two newspapers in Bayfield County, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Duluth, Minn.

Father Anthony “Tony” Schumacher, who worked as a journalist for many years before joining the priesthood, died Monday, Sept. 9, in Fitchburg.

Judith A. (Padget) Hyde-Hintzman, who spent more than 20 years as editor of The Monroe Evening Times, died Saturday, Aug. 31, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was 77.

Alan Eisenberg, a colorful and controversial Milwaukee figure who served as editor of a Latino newspaper, died Friday, Aug. 16. He was 77.

Maija Penikis, of Milwaukee, who spent four decades as a reporter for The Post-Crescent in Appleton, died Wednesday, Aug. 7. She was 78.

Robert Lee Bradford II, a longtime newspaper publisher in Minnesota and Wisconsin, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. He was 80.

Thomas Frederick Perry, a longtime journalist who spent seven years at the Green Bay Press-Gazette, died Saturday, Aug. 10, in Des Moines.