Fourth Generation

66. Marvin Rueben "Jim" KEWIT was born on 16 January 1925 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{1,77,97,218,219} He was baptized on 1 February 1925 in Monroe County, WI.²¹⁸ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴ Jim died on 2 February 2011 at the age of 86 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^216,219 Obituary Notes: "Jim R. Kewit, 86 of Tomah, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at the Morrow Memorial Home, Sparta. He was born on Jan. 16, 1925, to Paul and Anna (Marquardt) Kewit in the town of Ridgeville. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He was united in marriage to Shirley Wagner on June 26, 1954. Jim was a lifelong and faithful member of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tomah. Before his retirement, Jim was a local hay and corn dealer. He was a loving father, grandfather, brother and friend.

He is survived by his children, Tom Kewit of Tomah, Robert (Connie) Kewit of Tomah, Kathy (David) Allard of Radcliffe, Ky., and Paul (Margaret) Kewit of Tomah; two grandchildren, Jerry Kewit of Tomah and Joshua Allard of Kentucky; a sister, Ardella Gerke; three stepsisters, Viola Pfaff of Onalaska, Dorothy Peterson of Sparta and Hattie Croy of Sacramento, Calif.; a step-brother, Willard Schultz of Sacramento, Calif.; two sisters-in-law, Gladys Kewit of Tomah and Jean Kewitt of Florida; many nieces; nephews; other relatives and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Christina Kewit; sisters Beatrice Wakefield, Gertrude Oakes, Ada Miller, Margaret Drews, Helen Westpfahl, Violet Farmer, Jeannette Becker; an infant sister, Ruth; two brothers, Harold Kewit and Kenneth Kewitt; and nine brothers-in-law.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 525 Superior Ave., Tomah. Pastor Curt S. Backhaus will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery."

Marvin Rueben "Jim" KEWIT and Shirley Ann WAGNER were married on 26 June 1954 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. They were divorced. Shirley Ann WAGNER, daughter of Otto August Albrecht WAEGNER and Louisa Auguste Emilie ROSENOW, was born on 21 February 1933 in Monroe County, WI.

Marvin Rueben "Jim" KEWIT and Shirley Ann WAGNER had the following children: