Obituary Excerpt, The Columbia Daily Tribune, October 13, 2001:
Jean J. Madden, 74, of Columbia died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, in Columbia.
Mr. Madden was born March 15, 1927, in St. Louis to William and Gertrude Madden. On June 9, 1973, he married Elsie Fellows Lindstrom, and she survives.
Mr. Madden graduated from McBride High School in St. Louis and came to the University of Missouri-Columbia after serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.
He earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1950 and a master's in English in 1951. He won four letters in track and three in cross-country at MU, receiving the M-Men's Scholarship trophy. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Mr. Madden served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War before becoming chairman of the junior college English department and high school football coach at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington. He returned to MU in 1954 as an English instructor and as the first sports director at KOMU.
He became director of Alumni Activities in the MU Alumni and Development program in 1955 and resigned the post in 1971 to become vice president of communications at Shelter Insurance Co. He retired in 1992. In 1999 he became a member of the first board of directors for Shelter Financial Bank.
He was a popular emcee and after-dinner speaker after retirement and began a speaking business called 20 Minutes of Fun. In 1998, he hosted a series of television vignettes, "From the Missouri Heartland."
Mr. Madden was a columnist for both the Columbia Senior Times and the Naples, Fla., Daily News.
He had recently finished a book that included numerous humorous descriptions of his experiences with prostate cancer, which he had battled since 1989.
He was a past president of the United Way, the Downtown Rotary Club and the MU Arts and Science Alumni Association, a charter member of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, chairman of the Children's Miracle Network telethon, a member of the steering committee for the Memorial Day Salute to Veterans and co-chairman of the Shelter Insurance Partners in Education Committee.
He was also a member of the national MU Alumni Association board and of the university's Jefferson Club.
He was an advocate for many cancer support groups and promoted the new guest house at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
Mr. Madden was named Citizen of the Year by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce in 1991 and received the Distinguished Service Award from the MU Alumni Association in 1995.
On Sept. 14, he was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.
He was host of the Dan Devine, Norm Stewart and Al Onofrio television shows and a volunteer starter for the MU track team for two decades. He also spoke at football recruiting dinners and led fund-raising drives for MU track and field projects.
Other survivors include a son, a daughter, four stepchildren, a sister, a brother, and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, William Madden.
Memorials are suggested to the Jean Madden Fund for the Tiger Monument, which will be placed in the Tiger Plaza on MU's South Quadrangle. The address is 123 Reynolds Alumni Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo., 65211.
Memorials can also be made to the Sacred Heart Liturgical Endowment Fund, 1115 Locust St., Columbia, Mo., 65201; or to Missouri River Hospice, 3210 Bluff Creek Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65201.
Jean J. Madden, 74, of Columbia died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, in Columbia.
Mr. Madden was born March 15, 1927, in St. Louis to William and Gertrude Madden. On June 9, 1973, he married Elsie Fellows Lindstrom, and she survives.
Mr. Madden graduated from McBride High School in St. Louis and came to the University of Missouri-Columbia after serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.
He earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1950 and a master's in English in 1951. He won four letters in track and three in cross-country at MU, receiving the M-Men's Scholarship trophy. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Mr. Madden served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War before becoming chairman of the junior college English department and high school football coach at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington. He returned to MU in 1954 as an English instructor and as the first sports director at KOMU.
He became director of Alumni Activities in the MU Alumni and Development program in 1955 and resigned the post in 1971 to become vice president of communications at Shelter Insurance Co. He retired in 1992. In 1999 he became a member of the first board of directors for Shelter Financial Bank.
He was a popular emcee and after-dinner speaker after retirement and began a speaking business called 20 Minutes of Fun. In 1998, he hosted a series of television vignettes, "From the Missouri Heartland."
Mr. Madden was a columnist for both the Columbia Senior Times and the Naples, Fla., Daily News.
He had recently finished a book that included numerous humorous descriptions of his experiences with prostate cancer, which he had battled since 1989.
He was a past president of the United Way, the Downtown Rotary Club and the MU Arts and Science Alumni Association, a charter member of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, chairman of the Children's Miracle Network telethon, a member of the steering committee for the Memorial Day Salute to Veterans and co-chairman of the Shelter Insurance Partners in Education Committee.
He was also a member of the national MU Alumni Association board and of the university's Jefferson Club.
He was an advocate for many cancer support groups and promoted the new guest house at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
Mr. Madden was named Citizen of the Year by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce in 1991 and received the Distinguished Service Award from the MU Alumni Association in 1995.
On Sept. 14, he was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.
He was host of the Dan Devine, Norm Stewart and Al Onofrio television shows and a volunteer starter for the MU track team for two decades. He also spoke at football recruiting dinners and led fund-raising drives for MU track and field projects.
Other survivors include a son, a daughter, four stepchildren, a sister, a brother, and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, William Madden.
Memorials are suggested to the Jean Madden Fund for the Tiger Monument, which will be placed in the Tiger Plaza on MU's South Quadrangle. The address is 123 Reynolds Alumni Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo., 65211.
Memorials can also be made to the Sacred Heart Liturgical Endowment Fund, 1115 Locust St., Columbia, Mo., 65201; or to Missouri River Hospice, 3210 Bluff Creek Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65201.
Obituary Excerpt, The Columbia Daily Tribune, October 13, 2001:
Jean J. Madden, 74, of Columbia died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, in Columbia.
Mr. Madden was born March 15, 1927, in St. Louis to William and Gertrude Madden. On June 9, 1973, he married Elsie Fellows Lindstrom, and she survives.
Mr. Madden graduated from McBride High School in St. Louis and came to the University of Missouri-Columbia after serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.
He earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1950 and a master's in English in 1951. He won four letters in track and three in cross-country at MU, receiving the M-Men's Scholarship trophy. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Mr. Madden served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War before becoming chairman of the junior college English department and high school football coach at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington. He returned to MU in 1954 as an English instructor and as the first sports director at KOMU.
He became director of Alumni Activities in the MU Alumni and Development program in 1955 and resigned the post in 1971 to become vice president of communications at Shelter Insurance Co. He retired in 1992. In 1999 he became a member of the first board of directors for Shelter Financial Bank.
He was a popular emcee and after-dinner speaker after retirement and began a speaking business called 20 Minutes of Fun. In 1998, he hosted a series of television vignettes, "From the Missouri Heartland."
Mr. Madden was a columnist for both the Columbia Senior Times and the Naples, Fla., Daily News.
He had recently finished a book that included numerous humorous descriptions of his experiences with prostate cancer, which he had battled since 1989.
He was a past president of the United Way, the Downtown Rotary Club and the MU Arts and Science Alumni Association, a charter member of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, chairman of the Children's Miracle Network telethon, a member of the steering committee for the Memorial Day Salute to Veterans and co-chairman of the Shelter Insurance Partners in Education Committee.
He was also a member of the national MU Alumni Association board and of the university's Jefferson Club.
He was an advocate for many cancer support groups and promoted the new guest house at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
Mr. Madden was named Citizen of the Year by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce in 1991 and received the Distinguished Service Award from the MU Alumni Association in 1995.
On Sept. 14, he was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.
He was host of the Dan Devine, Norm Stewart and Al Onofrio television shows and a volunteer starter for the MU track team for two decades. He also spoke at football recruiting dinners and led fund-raising drives for MU track and field projects.
Other survivors include a son, a daughter, four stepchildren, a sister, a brother, and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, William Madden.
Memorials are suggested to the Jean Madden Fund for the Tiger Monument, which will be placed in the Tiger Plaza on MU's South Quadrangle. The address is 123 Reynolds Alumni Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo., 65211.
Memorials can also be made to the Sacred Heart Liturgical Endowment Fund, 1115 Locust St., Columbia, Mo., 65201; or to Missouri River Hospice, 3210 Bluff Creek Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65201.
Jean J. Madden, 74, of Columbia died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, in Columbia.
Mr. Madden was born March 15, 1927, in St. Louis to William and Gertrude Madden. On June 9, 1973, he married Elsie Fellows Lindstrom, and she survives.
Mr. Madden graduated from McBride High School in St. Louis and came to the University of Missouri-Columbia after serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.
He earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1950 and a master's in English in 1951. He won four letters in track and three in cross-country at MU, receiving the M-Men's Scholarship trophy. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Mr. Madden served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War before becoming chairman of the junior college English department and high school football coach at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington. He returned to MU in 1954 as an English instructor and as the first sports director at KOMU.
He became director of Alumni Activities in the MU Alumni and Development program in 1955 and resigned the post in 1971 to become vice president of communications at Shelter Insurance Co. He retired in 1992. In 1999 he became a member of the first board of directors for Shelter Financial Bank.
He was a popular emcee and after-dinner speaker after retirement and began a speaking business called 20 Minutes of Fun. In 1998, he hosted a series of television vignettes, "From the Missouri Heartland."
Mr. Madden was a columnist for both the Columbia Senior Times and the Naples, Fla., Daily News.
He had recently finished a book that included numerous humorous descriptions of his experiences with prostate cancer, which he had battled since 1989.
He was a past president of the United Way, the Downtown Rotary Club and the MU Arts and Science Alumni Association, a charter member of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, chairman of the Children's Miracle Network telethon, a member of the steering committee for the Memorial Day Salute to Veterans and co-chairman of the Shelter Insurance Partners in Education Committee.
He was also a member of the national MU Alumni Association board and of the university's Jefferson Club.
He was an advocate for many cancer support groups and promoted the new guest house at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
Mr. Madden was named Citizen of the Year by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce in 1991 and received the Distinguished Service Award from the MU Alumni Association in 1995.
On Sept. 14, he was inducted into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.
He was host of the Dan Devine, Norm Stewart and Al Onofrio television shows and a volunteer starter for the MU track team for two decades. He also spoke at football recruiting dinners and led fund-raising drives for MU track and field projects.
Other survivors include a son, a daughter, four stepchildren, a sister, a brother, and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, William Madden.
Memorials are suggested to the Jean Madden Fund for the Tiger Monument, which will be placed in the Tiger Plaza on MU's South Quadrangle. The address is 123 Reynolds Alumni Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo., 65211.
Memorials can also be made to the Sacred Heart Liturgical Endowment Fund, 1115 Locust St., Columbia, Mo., 65201; or to Missouri River Hospice, 3210 Bluff Creek Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65201.
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