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  4. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book" (Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), Article 188.
  5. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.
  6. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 471.
  7. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Church Register copied by Gary Griggs, 8/6/2004.
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  35. U.S. Social Security Death Index, Researched by Gary Griggs, 6/19/2020.
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  47. Funeral Memorial Card.
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  54. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 12/15/2019.
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  59. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 7/5/2012.
  60. Dorla Sonnenburg Guthrie Research of the Sonnenburg Family, Letter to Gary Griggs, 1/29/2004.
  61. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 6/4/2009.
  62. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 6/22/2009.
  63. Find A Grave Index Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 11/12/2020.
  64. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Reunion article and picture, 9/25/2003.
  65. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 12/9/2015.
  66. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, 55th Reunion article and picture, 7/10/2008.
  67. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 12/25/2014.
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  69. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 5/20/2013.
  70. Matt Felber Research of the Felber, Tiber, and Blaschke Families, Excerpts mailed by Jenny Waege Tiber to Gary Griggs, 1/12/2004.
  71. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 12/1/2014.
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  73. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 8/11/2011.
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  78. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 3/23/2021.
  79. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article about 50th Anniversary Class Reunion, 6/2/2005.
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  81. Glenn Jacobsen Research of the Eckelberg Family, Eckelberg GEDCOM file e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 5/17/2005.
  82. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Obituaries, 7/30/2019.
  83. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 330 and 331.
  84. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 2/2/2015.
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  86. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 1/19/2014.
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  88. Marie Drescher, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, Gravestone List, Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, WI, Records sent from Bonnie Dana to Gary Griggs, 1/20/2003.
  89. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 7/14/2014.
  90. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Little Falls Township, Page 67.
  91. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1309.
  92. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 6/13/2013.
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  94. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 6/4/2009.
  95. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Researched by Gary Griggs, 8/23/2021.
  96. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 7/10/2016.
  97. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 7/10/2016.
  98. Bailey, Louis Research of the Peth Family, email to Gary Griggs, 8/22/2021.
  99. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 1/31/2022.
  100. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 342 and 343.
  101. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Adrian Township, Page 4.
  102. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, 6/5/2006.
  103. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 8/11/2011.
  104. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, 10/31/2002, Modified Register for Floyd Pearl Purdy.
  105. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 10/16/2003.
  106. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, 5/5/2005.
  107. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Obituaries, 7/30/2019.
  108. Neitzel Family Tree (Author Unknown).
  109. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 344 and 345.
  110. Judi Betthauser De Witt Research of the Waege Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 1/12/2005.
  111. Karen Purdy Betthauser Research of the Betthauser Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 6/15/2004.
  112. Judi Betthauser De Witt Research of the Waege Family, Family Tree mailed to Gary Griggs, 12/1/2004.
  113. Wedding Announcement, Tomah Journal, 11/23/2006.
  114. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Tomah Memorial Hospital Births, 9/20/2007.
  115. Jim Dezotell e-mail to the VDV Gang, Containing newspaper tribute to Erwin Dean Vandervort, 7/14/2005.
  116. Wedding Announcement, Tomah Journal, 8/18/2005.
  117. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 6/13/2013.
  118. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Torkelson Funeral Home Website, 9/1/2021.