Georgene Vitense, age 89, of Madison, passed away suddenly on May 15, 2018. She was the daughter of George and Odie Vitense (both deceased); sister to Yvonne (deceased) and Vicki Vitense; mother of five children - Daniel (deceased), Gayle (Nicholas Biddle), Gary (Robette Shervheim), Gene (Lisa Johnson), and Joel Weitz (Sarah Engler); grandmother to Naomi, Andrew, Jacquelyn, Stacy, Joseph, Rachel, Ashley, Kaitlyn, Ryan, Heidi, George, and Charles Weitz; and great-grandmother to twelve. Georgene led a very wonderful busy life of family and friends, travel, music, art, theatre, books, movies, politics, associations, bridge clubs, and more. A memorial gathering will be held on Thursday, June 7th at 1 PM at the United Methodist Church on Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Madison. (Memorials can be sent there.)
Georgene graduated from the UW, worked as a stewardess for Eastern Airlines, married Russell Eugene Weitz with whom she raised their children, and then took over running her parents' business -- Vitense Golfland -- with her sisters. At the time of her death she was still active in many organizations and played bridge in five bridge clubs. She was loved and will be mi...[more]