Madison Vanvacter, daughter of Andrew and Ashley Wilson, was born on July 17, 2008, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on December 27, 2023, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 15 years.

Madison was a student at Richland Schools in Essex, Missouri, and a resident of Essex. She loved listening to music, especially Jason Aldean, and she loved watching TV, Peppa Pig was her favorite show.

She is survived by her parents, Andrew and Ashley Wilson of Essex, Missouri; by her father, Bradley Vanvacter of Piedmont, Missouri; by two sisters, Marissa Vanvacter and Maci Vanvacter both of Essex, Missouri; by her maternal grandmother, Janet Patterson of Bloomfield, Missouri; by her paternal grandparents, Allen and Tonya Wilson of Aid, Missouri; by her maternal great-grandmother, Betty Horn of Bloomfield, Missouri; by her paternal great-grandmother, Sandra Kildow of Essex, Missouri; by her uncle, Tim Grigery of Bloomfield, Missouri; and by several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Terry Patterson.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Kyle Mitchell officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Essex Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.