Sixth Generation

46. Gayle Aleita PURDY was born on 9 April 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{22,25,31,51,52} (She is on the right, with Hulda Hoffman on the right. Picture taken at Tomah High school by Blanche Griggs abt 1928.) She graduated in 1928 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸⁸ from Tomah High School. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ She was a "boarder" at the Sam Nielson farm. Gayle died on 23 December 1997 at the age of 87 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²²

Gayle Aleita PURDY and Richard Milo "Dick" DANA were married on 31 August 1930 in Caledonia, Houston County, MN.^22,51,89 Richard Milo "Dick" DANA, son of Ralph Ellsworth DANA and Emma Maria MIELKE, was born on 28 May 1910 in Monroe County, WI.^22,51,52 He was born near Trout Falls, which is now part of Fort McCoy. He graduated in 1927 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁰ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ Dick died on 5 April 1991 at the age of 80 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^22,51 He was buried in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵¹ in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

Gayle Aleita PURDY and Richard Milo "Dick" DANA had the following children: