Third Generation

32. Paul Francis BETTHAUSER was born on 3 December 1910 in Monroe County, WI.^9,37 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ He graduated in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^37,43 from Tomah High School. Paul appeared in the census in 1930 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ He died on 16 December 1944 at the age of 34 in Germany.^37,44 He went overseas in October 1944, and arrived at the front lines on 11 December. He was reported as missing in action as December 16, and later was reported as having been killed in action on December 16. He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.

Paul Francis BETTHAUSER and Gladys Lorraine HABELMAN were married on 19 November 1940 in Monroe County, WI.^12,37,44,45 Gladys Lorraine HABELMAN, daughter of Edward HABELMAN and Anna Maria LOBE, was born on 29 August 1908 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^9,37,44,46 She died on 7 February 1983 at the age of 74 in Hinsdale, DuPage County, IL.^37,44,45