Alexander Mathias Fortney

Alexander Mathias FortneyThursday May 19, 2005 Alexander Mathias Fortney, age 22, was taken home by the Lord on Thursday May 19, 2005, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Madison. Alex was born on November 4, 1982, in Madison to Steven and Kari (Matson) Fortney. Alex was attending Madison Area Technical College in the Fire Protection Technician Program and was planning to attend the Firefighter Academy this summer. He had recently received his EMT National Registration certification. Alex was an intern with the Village of Shorewood Hills Fire Department. Alex attended Eagle School of Madison and Madison West High School, and spent one year at Graceland University in Iowa. In his youth and throughout his entire life he thoroughly enjoyed participating in sports, including soccer, hockey, swimming and diving. He excelled with any sport in which he participated, and was the All-City diving champion in 1995. He is survived by his parents, Steven and Kari (Matson) Fortney of Madison, a sister, Karissa, of Chicago, maternal grandparents Clifford and Hildegard Matson of rural Viroqua, paternal great-grandmother, Agnes Yttri and paternal grandmother Irene Fortney of Viroqua, aunts and uncles, Richard and Margaret (Matson) Hansen of rural Viroqua, Martin and Margretta (Matson) Overboe of rural Viroqua, Andy and Gretchen (Matson) Brudos of rural Desoto, Mark Fortney of Coon Valley and Clarence and Kristine (Fortney) Pettibone of Black River Falls, and many other relatives, friends, and his firefighting family. Preceding Alex in death was his paternal grandfather Norman