Fifteenth Generation

956. Vera Elizabeth PURDY was born on 30 Dec 1907 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.^{185,192,268,391,449}

(She had done a lot of research on the Vandervort family.) She appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹⁴ She graduated in 1926 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶¹⁷ from Tomah High School. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹⁵ She and her sons Dale and Dean were living with her parents. She died on 29 Oct 1994 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.^185,192,449 She was buried on 3 Nov 1994 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^449,618 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Vera Elizabeth PURDY and Leonhard Harry "Leonard" WILDE were married on 6 Mar 1943 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^192,619 Leonhard Harry "Leonard" WILDE (son of Franz Friedrich Carl "Frank" WILDE and Emma Ernestine Adedhied "Anna" REETZ) was born on 12 Apr 1903 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^449,465,620 He was baptized on 10 May 1903 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶²⁰ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹⁴ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰² He appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹⁵ He died on 30 Mar 1961.⁴⁴⁹ He was buried on 3 Apr 1961 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^449,498,618 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Vera Elizabeth PURDY and Leonhard Harry "Leonard" WILDE had the following children:

1182	i.	Marvin Frank WILDE was born on 27 Oct 1943 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.610,621,622 He died on 27 Oct 1943 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.185,622 He was buried on 29 Oct 1943 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.622
+1183	ii.	Norman Leonard WILDE.
+1184	iii.	Joyce Edith WILDE.

Vera Elizabeth PURDY and Herbert Edwald WILDES were married about 1926.⁶²³ They were divorced about 1932.⁶²³ Herbert Edwald WILDES (son of Ernest Myron "Ernie" WILDES and Elma Abigail LAIB) was born on 2 Aug 1906 in Jackson County, WI.^{192,624,625,626} He appeared in the census in 1920 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰² He was living with his parents. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹⁵ He died on 16 Feb 1988.¹⁸⁹ He was buried in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵¹² in the Warren Mills Cemetery. Vera Elizabeth PURDY and Herbert Edwald WILDES had the following children:

+1185	i.	Dale Eugene WILDES.
+1186	ii.	Dean Lloyd WILDES.