Twelfth Generation

84. Fredrick Elmer "Fred" PURDY (~) was born on 17 December 1879 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^{2,16,26,27,57} He appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁷ He and his wife and oldest daughter were living with his parents. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ In 1918/9 Fred was a Director of the Grant Township School Board in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸² He appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ Fred died on 15 July 1961 at the age of 81 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,26,27,57

Obituary Notes: "Fred Elmer Purdy, son of Edward and Mercy Jane Purdy, was born Dec. 17, 1879, in the township of LaGrange, and passed away at Sparta on July 15, 1961, at the age of 81 years, six months and 28 days.

On May 1, 1898, he married Ada Greeno, and four children were born to this union. Mrs. Purdy preceded him in death six years ago.

In his early years, he worked on his father's farm in Purdy Valley northwest of Tomah, also in the woods of northern Wisconsin and on the railroad section out of Tomah.

He and his family settled on a farm in Union Valley, where they lived for about 24 years. In 1927 he and his wife moved to Tomah, where he has made his home and where he was employed for a while by the Monroe County Highway Department, then at the Milwaukee Railroad shops until 1952, when he retired.

Mr. Purdy was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters, Edwin D. Purdy of Beloit, George Purdy, Mrs. Abbie Schultz, and Mrs. Lydia Vandervort of the state of Washington. He leaves one son, Hugh Purdy of Beloit; three daughters, Mrs. Iva Hart of Milwaukee, Mrs. Willard Densmore and Mrs. Vera Wilde of Tomah; one daughter-in-law, one son-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Dora Goff; and one brother, Will Purdy, both of Sparta; five sisters-in-law, three brothers-in-law, also many nieces and cousins, and friends and acquaintances.

Funeral services were held at the Tomah Methodist church on July 18, with Dr. Roger B. Knutsen officiating. interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah." He was buried on 18 July 1961 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,57,83 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Fredrick Elmer "Fred" PURDY (~) and Ada Alma GREENO were married on 1 May 1898 in Cataract, Little Falls Township, Monroe County, WI.^{2,26,46,57,84,85} They were married by her grandfather, Amos W. Greeno. They were attended by Freddie and Elizabeth Greeno. Ada Alma GREENO, daughter of William Charles GREENO and Julia E. FREEMAN, was born on 12 March 1882 in Little Falls Township, Monroe County, WI.^26,86 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁷ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ Ada appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ She died in May 1955 at the age of 73 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,26 Ada was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Fredrick Elmer "Fred" PURDY (~) and Ada Alma GREENO had the following children: