Third Generation

18. Arthur Wilhelm "Art" SOMMERFIELD was born on 19 July 1904 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^32,33,46,67 (His surname was listed as "Summerfield" in the Monroe County Index to Birth Registrations.) He was baptized on 4 September 1904 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁷ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ Art appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General Farm." He appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He and his family were living with his mother. Art died on 28 August 1991 at the age of 87 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.^32,33 He was buried on 31 August 1991 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^18,32,33 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Arthur Wilhelm "Art" SOMMERFIELD and Norma Ethel GERKE were married on 16 February 1928 in Monroe County, WI.^1,32 Norma Ethel GERKE, daughter of August Julius GERKE and Myrtle Maria LUDEKING, was born on 14 June 1909 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^32,46 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ Norma appeared in the census in 1930 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ She died on 16 January 1998 at the age of 88 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³² Norma was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Arthur Wilhelm "Art" SOMMERFIELD and Norma Ethel GERKE had the following children: