Fourteenth Generation

272. Leon Woodard VANDERVORT was born on 19 January 1893 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^{49,119,284,452} He appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁸ He appeared in the census in 1910 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^{139 285} "Leon Vandervort and Sid Densmore were among the lucky deer hunters this year, they having got a nice deer." In 1918/9 Leon was a Clerk of the LaGrange Township School Board in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶⁵ He appeared in the census in 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴⁰ He was living with his wife, Adele. He appeared in the census in April 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵⁹ His household at 1009 Hollister Avenue consisted of Leon, his wife Adele, and his sons DeVere and Glenn. His occupation was listed as "machinist, steam railroad." Leon lived at their home in Taylor, Jackson County, WI in 1938.⁴⁸⁹ Before 1979 he was a farmer and saw mill operator in Monroe County, WI. He died on 7 June 1979 at the age of 86 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^49,452

Obituary Notes: "Leon W. Vandervort, 86, Tomah, died Thurs., June 7, 1979 in the Tomah Care Center, where he had lived since suffering a stroke in 1975.

He was born Jan. 19, 1893 in Monroe County to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vandervort. He married Adele Ryckman and they were later divorced. His second wife, Myrtle Erickson, died in 1977. Vandervort farmed and operated a sawmill in Monroe County. After his retirement, he was well known in the area for the model steam engines and farm equipment he built.

Survivors are two sons, DeVere of Penfield, New York, and Dr. Glenn of Kenosha; a daughter, Mrs. Laura Lee Wahl of Webster, New York; five grandchildren; and a brother, Frank, of Tomah. A sister also preceded him in death.

Services were Saturday at 1:30 P.M. in the White Funeral Home, Tomah, with the Rev. David Hoyme officiating. Burial was in LaGrange Cemetery." Leon was buried on 9 June 1979 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^73,490 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery.

Leon Woodard VANDERVORT and Adele RYCKMAN were married on 20 December 1915.^60,491 They^60,491 were divorced about 1950.⁴⁹² Adele RYCKMAN, daughter of Wallace RYCKMAN and Ida Adelle HILLIKER, was born on 25 August 1898 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^{74,76,140,417,493} She appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁹ Adele appeared in the census in 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴⁰ She appeared in the census in April 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵⁹ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹⁶ Her household was at 223 North Superior Avenue. She was listed as a "Widow" and her occupation was "Proprietor, Boarding House." Adele died on 14 January 1988 at the age of 89 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^{73,74,119,417,493} She was buried after 14 January 1988 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^73,74 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery.

Leon Woodard VANDERVORT and Adele RYCKMAN had the following children:

Leon Woodard VANDERVORT and Myrtle Evelina LUNDBERG were married on 18 April 1952 in Waukon, Allamakee County, IA.^{49,76,119,492} Myrtle Evelina LUNDBERG, daughter of Charles F. LUNDBERG and Maria Amalia ENGLUND, was born on 27 April 1906 in Prentice, Price County, WI.^119,417,494 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Black River Falls, Jackson County, WI.⁴¹⁶ She died on 17 December 1976 at the age of 70 in Wisconsin.^83,119,417 Myrtle was buried in Black River Falls, Jackson County, WI.⁴⁹⁵