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197.
 Freda Griggs VANDERVORT (~) was born on 4 Jul 1914 in LaGrange
Township, Monroe County, WI. (Second from right in picture, with,
from left, her mother, Mattie; her sister, Willeene; and her sister, Helen.)
She appeared in the census in 1920 in LaGrange Township, Monroe County, WI.108 She appeared in the census
in 1930 in LaGrange Township, Monroe County, WI.114 She graduated in 1932 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe
County, WI.225 from Tomah
High School. Freda Griggs VANDERVORT (~) and Roland Arthur "Red" CLAY were
married on 14 Oct 1934 in Mauston, Juneau County, WI.71,171
Roland Arthur
"Red" CLAY (son of Francis "Frank" CLAY Jr. and Deda Julia "DeDe" SNOWBERRY)
was born on 5 Jul 1911 in Monroe County, WI.71,141
He appeared in the census in 1920 in LaGrange Township, Monroe County, WI.108 He graduated in 1930 in Tomah,
Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.226
from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in LaGrange Township,
Monroe County, WI.114
He died on 16 Aug 1982 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.71
Obituary Notes: "Roland Clay, 71, died Monday, August 16 in his home.
He was born July 5, 1911 in Monroe County to Frank and Deda (Snowberry) Clay.
He married Freda Vandervort on October 14, 1934. He had been a farmer and a
carpenter at Fort McCoy.
Survivors are his two sons, Thomas and Gordon, both of Tomah; one daughter, Mrs.
Sterling (Kay) Standiford of Eau Claire; eight grandchildren; four brothers,
Marion, Kenneth, Merle and Robert, all of Tomah; and one sister, Mrs. Laura Forsythe
of Tomah. He was preceded in death by one brother.
Services were held Thursday, August 19 at 2 PM at the White Funeral Home. The
Rev. Arthur Paltridge officiated, and burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah."
He was buried on 19 Aug 1982 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.71,189,227 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
Freda Griggs VANDERVORT (~) and Roland Arthur "Red" CLAY had the following
children:
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