Fifth Generation

29. Alice Lorraine SCHAEFER was born on 4 January 1941 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^13,18,25,58 She appeared in the census in 1950 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ She died on 28 August 2006 at the age of 65.²⁵
Obituary Notes: "Alice L. Seddon, age 65, of Mount Tabor, WI, and formerly of Burlington, WI, passed away Monday, Aug. 28, 2006. She was born Jan. 4, 1941, in the Township of Ridgeville to Louis and Eleanora (Eckelberg) Schaefer. She was baptized, confirmed and married at St. John’s Lutheran Church Ridgeville, WI. She moved to Burlington after marriage and raised her family there. In 1993 she moved to the Mount Tabor area.

She is survived by her loving companion of 13 years, Franklin Rumppe; daughter Lori (Gerald) Kaul of Burlington; three sons, Michael Larson of Bemidji, MN, David (Janet) Larson of Burlington, and Gary Larson of Racine; special sister, Karon (Roland) Jones; brother Kenneth Schaefer and sister Sandra Schaefer; 12 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and foster sister Bertha Geier. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands James Larson and Earl Seddon and grandson Joshua Robertson.

Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, 801 E. Monowau St., Tomah, today (Thursday), Aug. 31, from 5 to 8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Family burial will be private."

Alice Lorraine SCHAEFER and James Lowell LARSON were married on 2 June 1959 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^58,83 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. James Lowell LARSON, son of Clifford LARSON and Wilda TUDAHL, was born on 17 July 1940 in Cashton, Jefferson Township, Monroe County, WI.^18,83 He died on 6 July 1967 at the age of 26.

Alice Lorraine SCHAEFER and James Lowell LARSON had the following children:

Alice Lorraine SCHAEFER and Dennis Larry EHLERS were married on 15 June 1968.⁵⁸ They⁵⁸ were divorced on 20 February 1978. Dennis Larry EHLERS was born on 31 December 1940.¹⁸

Alice Lorraine SCHAEFER and Earl Ralph SEDDON were married on 27 September 1980.⁵⁸ Earl Ralph SEDDON was born on 16 November 1923.⁸⁴ He died on 1 December 1992 at the age of 69.