Yvonne Mary Madden, age 86, passed away peacefully March 10, 2021, at Aspirus Hospice House in Wausau, Wisconsin, from Alzheimer's disease.  Her loving and faithful husband of 65 years, Norman Madden, cared for her at home until a week before her death.  Yvonne was born May 5, 1934 in Wausau, Wisconsin, to Milton Sr. and Lucille (Lorbetske) DeLonay.  She was the eldest of eight children.  Upon graduating from Wausau High School, she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she met Norman, who was also born in and raised in Wausau.  They married on September 3, 1955, at St. Therese Catholic Church in Rothschild, Wisconsin. After their wedding, they returned to the Wausau area, eventually purchasing a dairy farm in the township of Hewitt, where they worked and raised five children.  Farming took up much of the family time, but Yvonne made it a priority to spend time with family and friends at the cabin that they built on Sugar Camp Lake.  The cabin remains a favorite place for all of her children and grandchildren.  Sugar Camp has always been special to Yvonne because she has many relatives in the area and visited often. Family history was very important to Yvonne.  She wrote and published two historical novels based on the lives of her parent's families in the logging industry, her Native American connection to the Chippewa Tribe in Wisconsin, and her Polish heritage.  After publishing Black Magic and Stolen Timber, she gave many lectures to local groups, had multiple book signings, and sold her dream catchers and good luck feathers at local art fairs. In retirement, Yvonne and Norman moved to the Village of Weston, and wintered in Yuma, Arizona, where she discovered her love of painting.  She had many other talents and enjoyed crocheting, doll making, and playing the piano by ear.  She loved to sing and had a wonderful voice.  All who loved her dearly will never forget her persistence to task, whether it was farming or learning to use a computer, because she always gave it her all.  Her laugh was contagious and in her last years it was a good day when you could make her laugh.  She could charm Norman into driving her to promote her books, taking her to lectures, painting the kitchen and traveling to Maui.  Of all things in her life, she was most proud of the love she and Norman shared for 65 years. Yvonne and Norman loved and raised 5 children, Matthew (Ruby), Las Vegas, Nevada, Mark (Christine), Poway, California, Renee (Steven) Witucki, Little Suamico, Wisconsin, Deborah (Kent) Perrin, Weston, Wisconsin, and Luke (Karie), Weston, Wisconsin. Yvonne was known as "Grammie" to her nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.  Yvonne had a relationship with the Holy Trinity and she was a true believer in Jesus Christ.  She joins her father (Milton, Sr.), her mother (Lucille), sisters (Mary and Elaine) and brother (Thomas) in heaven.  She is survived by her husband, Norman, her sisters, Corrine Kraimer, Wausau, Wisconsin, Janis Kramer (Szczepanski) , Greenfield, Wisconsin, and Laurie Dabler, Wausau, Wisconsin, and her brother, Milton DeLonay Jr., Schofield, Wisconsin, and all of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family requests that donations be made to Aspirus Hospice House ( www.aspirus.org/donate-now ) or Alzheimer's Society ( www.act.alz.org/site/Donation ) in Yvonne's name. Services will be held at John J. Buettgen Funeral Home on March 20, 2021 with Visitation from 10:00 a.m. until the tiem of the Prayer service at 12:00 p.m. officiated by Father Al Sloviak.