Fourth Generation

28. Blondena Adeline MARQUARDT was born on 7 May 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{4,26,27,50,101,102} (Her church confirmation record lists her birth date as 11 April 1891.) (Her given name may have been "Blondina.") She was baptized on 7 June 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ Blondena was confirmed on 8 April 1906 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ She died on 18 March 1968 at the age of 76 in Illinois.^4,27,50 Blondena was buried on 20 March 1968 in Barry, Pike County, IL.^4,27,50 in the Park Lawn Cemetery.

Blondena Adeline MARQUARDT and Eduard Johann "Ed" RICE were married on 29 November 1912 in Spencer, Clay County, IA.^3,103 Eduard Johann "Ed" RICE, son of Johann RICE and Emma HAASE, was born on 25 February 1893 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁴ He was baptized on 18 June 1893 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁴ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ Eduard died on 2 May 1956 at the age of 63.²⁷ He was buried in Barry, Pike County, IL.²⁷ in the Park Lawn Cemetery.

Blondena Adeline MARQUARDT and Eduard Johann "Ed" RICE had the following children:

105	i.	Claude Leslie RICE was born on 26 February 1914 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁵ He was baptized on 25 March 1914 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷
106	ii.	Doler Vilas RICE was born on 3 September 1915 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁶ (His given name is not clear in the church baptism record.) He was baptized on 24 September 1915.¹⁰⁶ at the home of Paul Kewit.