Fourth Generation


40. Ruth Viola "Ruthie" WILLIAMS was born on 27 June 1925 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.40,45,51 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.55 She died on 2 January 1974 at the age of 48 in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI.45,51

Obituary Notes: "Ruth Bongle was born June 27, 1925 in Tomah to Dick and Lola Williams. She died Jan. 2, 1974 in a Sturgeon Bay hospital after an extended illness.

She was married Nov. 13, 1954 to Leonard Bongle and had lived in Sturgeon Bay since 1963. She was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband; three children, Cheryl and William, at home, and step-daughter, Mrs. Allen (Judy) Scharrer, Perrysburg, Ohio. Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Glen Griggs, Milwaukee, Mrs. William Mesner, Tomah, and Mrs, Edwin Stark, Sparta, and three brothers, Dick and Harvey, Crown Point, Ind., and Clarence, Tomah. Her parents and two bothers preceded her in death.

Funeral services were held Jan. 5 at the church. Interment was at Bayside Cemetery."

Ruth Viola "Ruthie" WILLIAMS and Leonard J. BONGLE were married on 13 November 1954.51 Leonard J. BONGLE was born on 19 November 1915.45 He died on 5 November 1993 at the age of 77 in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI.45

Ruth Viola "Ruthie" WILLIAMS and Leonard J. BONGLE had the following children:

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Cheryl "Sherry" BONGLE was born about 1957.

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William "Billy" BONGLE was born about 1963. In January 2009 he was a policeman in Green Bay, Brown County, WI.53