Thirteenth Generation

1049. Gail Wesley ROOT was born on 30 August 1909 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^139,229 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶² He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶³ Gail graduated in 1928 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁹⁷ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰⁵ He was a boarder at the Homer Gilson farm. Between 1932 and 1963 he was a truck driver in West Salem, La Crosse County, WI. Gail appeared in the census in 1940 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.³⁹⁸ His household was at 621 1/2 South Eighth Street and his occupation was "Truck Driver, Transfer Service Company." He died on 26 July 1973 at the age of 63 in West Salem, La Crosse County, WI.^139,229

Obituary Notes: "Gail W. Root, 63, Rt. 1, West Salem, died Thursday, July 26 (1973) at his home. He was born Aug. 30, 1909, at Tomah to Mr. and Mrs. Orson Root. He married the former Maxine Dumben of Waterville, Iowa, July 1946. He was a driver for a trucking firm from 1932 to 1963 and belonged to Teamster Union Local 199 of La Crosse and 710 of Chicago.

Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Joyce of Milwaukee; one son, Orlin J. of Milwaukee; and four grandchildren.

Services were today (Monday) at 2 P.M. in Our Savior's Lutheran Church, West Salem, Rev. Clarence Brauer officiating. Burial will be in Neshonoc Cemetery. Pallbearers were Norman Root, Harold Root, Wesley Root, Howard Sorenson, Glenn Griggs and LaVerne Griggs."
He was buried on 30 July 1973 in West Salem, La Crosse County, WI.¹³⁹ in the Neshonoc Cemetery.

Gail Wesley ROOT and Helen Bertha Marie BARTELS were married on 25 March 1933.^{104,152,288,399} (They are believed to have been married in Tomah.) They^{104,152,288,399} were divorced before July 1946.²³⁴ Helen Bertha Marie BARTELS, daughter of Johann Wilhelm Christian BARTELS and Anna Henrietta "Annie" SCHMIDT, was born on 1 April 1916 in Monroe County, WI.^204,229 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶³ She appeared in the census in 1940 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.³⁹⁸ Helen died on 19 August 1980 at the age of 64 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI.²²⁹ She was buried on 23 August 1980 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^38,144 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (Her gravestone shows her name as Helen Root Ericksen.)

Gail Wesley ROOT and Helen Bertha Marie BARTELS had the following children:

Gail Wesley ROOT and Maxine J. DUMBEN were married in July 1946.^139,229 Maxine J. DUMBEN, daughter of Henrik Johan Paulsson DUMBEN and Mina Dorothea SORENSON, was born on 29 May 1914 in Waterville, Allamakee County, IA.^{139,229,400,401} She died on 20 September 1978 at the age of 64 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI.^139,229

Obituary Notes: "Mrs. Maxine J. Root, 64, formerly of 1221 1/2 Denton St., died Wednesday, Sept. 20 in a Wauwatosa hospital. Mrs. Root was also a former resident of Rt. 1, West Salem.

She was born May 29, 1914, in Waterville, Iowa, to Henry and Mina Dumben. She married Gail Root in La Crosse and he died in 1973.

She was a member of the American Lutheran Church Women of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in La Crosse.

Survivors are a daughter, Joyce C., of West Allis; a stepson, Orlin J., of Wauwatosa; and four grandchildren.

Services were Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Arthur Feroe officiating. Burial was in Neshonoc Cemetery, West Salem." She was buried in West Salem, La Crosse County, WI.⁴⁰⁰ in the Neshonoc Cemetery.

Gail Wesley ROOT and Maxine J. DUMBEN had the following children: