Fourth Generation

19. Gilbert P. "Chuck" LIEFKE was born in 1913 in Wisconsin.^17,18 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ He was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery.

Gilbert P. "Chuck" LIEFKE and Alice Marie BOLDEN were married on 10 August 1940 in Waukon, Allamakee County, IA.³⁴ Alice Marie BOLDEN was born on 21 October 1920 in Ontario, Vernon County, WI.³⁴ She died on 18 March 2010 at the age of 89 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴

Obituary Notes: "Alice Marie Liefke (nee Bolden) was born Oct. 21, 1920, in the Billings Creek area of rural Ontario. Marie was the fifth of seven children born to Phillip and Minnie (Belknap) Bolden. Her father died when she was 7 years old. She attended Johnny Cake Grade School. At age 13, she moved to Wilton to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Carrie and Don Martalock. While working in the Martalocks’ Main Street Grocery Store, she developed a fondness for the people in her new hometown. She graduated from Wilton High School in 1939. On Aug. 10, 1940, She married Gilbert “Chuck” Liefke in Waukon, Iowa. They were married for 48 years until his death in 1988. They had one daughter, Pamela. Marie worked at Tillman Produce for over 20 years, followed by 18 years at Northern Engraving in Sparta. She was a faithful member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilton for 69 years. She loved the activities of her church and the community events in Wilton. She loved flowers, and her houseplants were the envy of many. She enjoyed visiting with her neighbors, relatives and friends. Marie moved to Tomah’s Cranberry Court in 2007, where she passed away on March 18, 2010, with her daughter at her bedside.

Marie is survived by her daughter Pamela and her husband Robert Eaton of Santa Ana, CA; two grandchildren; Elizabeth Eaton of Santa Ana, CA, and Thomas and his wife Bre of Newport, RI; a special niece, Julitta Arndt, her husband Marty and their family; a dear sister and brother, Mary Langan of Edgerton and Russell Bolden of Ontario; two sisters-in-law, Irene Bolden and Vivian Hall, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Chuck; a brother, Lyman Bolden; brother and sister-in-law, Neil and Dorothy Bolden; sister and brother-in-law, Carrie and Otto Schroeder; sister and brother-in-law, Myrtle and Otto Nofsinger; brother-in-law, Bud Langan; sister-in-law, Glenys Bolden, and brother-in-law Don Martalock. Also preceding her in death were her husband Chuck’s sisters, brothers and their spouses, Zenoba and Frank White, Martin and Evelyn Liefke, Esther Liefke, Leonard and Carmen Liefke, Chuck and Mae Schelberger, Red and Inez Smithback, and Lavern Liefke.

She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend and will be sadly missed by those who loved her.

A funeral service was held on Tuesday, March 23, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wilton. Burial was in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery. Pastor Kay Wold officiated. Relatives and friends called on Monday, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Smith-Nelson Funeral Home, 702 Center St., Wilton."