Timothy S.

Tillotson

Timothy Scott Tillotson, 66, Madison, formerly of Lake Mills, died on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at his home.

He was born on March 15, 1947, the son of David and Frances (Lindberg) Tillotson.

Tim grew up in Wauwatosa where he attended public school, and subsequently enrolled at UW-Madison. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea as a medic, an experience that led to a long successful career in the medical field at the university where he dedicated himself to promoting community health and awareness, and was an early leader in HIV-AIDS prevention and education. He served for many years as the manager of the Blue Bus Clinic at the University Health Service. He later worked in the cardiovascular area of University Hospitals and Clinics, and retired in 2006.

Tim was a man of boundless intellectual curiosity, which extended across the arts and sciences, a passion he pursued throughout his life. For example, he worked, often endlessly, on a proof for Fermat's Last Theorem, a challenge that perplexed mathematicians for decades, and he studied and analyzed author Thomas Pynchon's writings, in particular Gravity's Rainbow, around which he organized study groups.

Survivors include his father, David of Lake Mills; one sister, Ann (Rod) Schneider of Baker City, OR; one brother-in-law, Grant Darrow of Elgin, OR; nieces, Ellen (Anthony) Strickland, Felicia Schneider, Rose Darrow, Delia Darrow; and nephew Giles (Rachel) Darrow; aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and many friends
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He was preceded in death by his mother, Frances in 2005, and his sister, Ellen on Sept. 7, 2013.

A Celebration of Life for Tim and Ellen will be held on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at the Lake Mills City Hall.

Memorials may be made to Madison Audubon Society, 1400 E. Washington Av., Suite 170, Madison, WI 53703 (madisonaudubon.org), the Western Lands Project, P.O. Box 95545, Seattle, WA 98145-2545 (westernlands.org), High Country News, P.O. Box 1090, Paonia, CO 81428 (www.hcn.org), or to an organization of your choice.