UPDATED: 08/23/2026 03:44 PM

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — A critically missing 73-year-old Milwaukee woman who was last seen Sunday morning has been found safe, according to police.

Delores Ference was last seen on foot around 8:10 a.m. in the 5800 block of North 77th Street.

Milwaukee police later announced that Ference had been located and was safe.

The department thanked the public for its assistance in the search.

Milwaukee police search for critically missing 73-year-old woman

POSTED: 08/23/2026 02:15 PM

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Milwaukee police are asking for the public's help finding a critically missing 73-year-old woman who was last seen Sunday morning.

Police are searching for Delores Ference, who was last seen on foot around 8:10 a.m. in the 5800 block of North 77th Street.

Ference is described as a 73-year-old Black woman who is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes.

She was last seen wearing a leopard-print bonnet, a white T-shirt with blue writing, black pants and black shoes.

Anyone with information about Ference's whereabouts is asked to contact the Milwaukee Police Department.