Sixth Generation

67. Virginia Rose "Jenny" ARNDT was born on 6 August 1956 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^56,57 at St. Mary's Hospital.

Virginia Rose "Jenny" ARNDT and Maurice Lee "Morry" WAEGE were married on 6 September 1975 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁸ Maurice Lee "Morry" WAEGE, son of Robert Dean WAEGE and Arlene Ruth ROSCOVIUS, was born on 5 March 1953 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^57,59 at Tomah Memorial Hospital. He died on 13 December 2012 at the age of 59.⁶⁰

Obituary Notes: "Maurice “Morry” Lee Waege, 59, of Wilton died from prostate cancer on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. He was born on March 5, 1953, the second oldest son of Robert and Arlene (Roscovius) Waege. He was baptized at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and confirmed at St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Ridge. He attended Reels Valley, Dorset Valley and Wilton elementary schools and graduated from Royall High School in 1971.

He was united in marriage with Jenny Arndt on Sept. 6, 1975, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Wilton. In his young adult years, he served as a farmhand, carpenter, and also worked at Tillman’s Produce. From 1976-1997, he worked at the Wilton Co-op in the feed department and then later became the area “fuel man.” Morry worked for Midwest Fuels in Tomah from 1997 until 2011.

He had life-long appreciation for nature and working on the land. Morry was a Wilton Rod and Gun Club member and served as president for many years. He was an avid sportsman who enjoyed trap shooting, hunting and fishing. With his Farmall 100 and International 1066 tractors he spent time mowing lawn and custom farming. His most recent hobby was tractor pulling an International 1466 with his cousin Jamie Waege.

Morry enjoyed road trips, telling jokes and long stories, and playing cards and games.
He is survived by his wife Jenny and daughter Brenda (Martin) Pohlman of Caledonia, Minn. He is also survived by his mother, Arlene Waege, and his siblings Dean (Madge) Waege, Keith (Jean) Waege, Ron, Gale (Marianne), Bette O’Rourke and Kevin. He is further survived by his father and mother-in law, Bernard and Betty Arndt; sisters-in-law Joan (Glenn) Affeldt, Sandy (Dave) Noth and Carol Bernhardt; brother-in-law Mike O’Rourke; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents Edgar and Ella Roscovius, who served as his godparents, and his father Robert Waege.
A celebration of life was held on Saturday at the Wilton Community Center, 400 East Ave, Wilton, Wis. Pastor Kathleen Wohlers officiated. Burial was at the Hillside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given in memory of Morry."

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Virginia Rose "Jenny" ARNDT and Maurice Lee "Morry" WAEGE had the following children: