Fourth Generation

53. Blondena Adeline MARQUARDT was born on 7 May 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{4,101,102,114,214,215} (Her church confirmation record lists her birth date as 11 April 1891.) (Her given name may have been "Blondina.") She was baptized on 7 June 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ Blondena was confirmed on 8 April 1906 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ She died on 18 March 1968 at the age of 76 in Illinois.^101,102,114 Blondena was buried on 20 March 1968 in Barry, Pike County, IL.^101,102,114 in the Park Lawn Cemetery.

Blondena Adeline MARQUARDT and Eduard Johann "Ed" RICE were married on 29 November 1912 in Spencer, Clay County, IA.^14,216 Eduard Johann "Ed" RICE, son of Johann RICE and Emma HAASE, was born on 25 February 1893 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁷ He was baptized on 18 June 1893 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ Eduard died on 2 May 1956 at the age of 63.¹⁰² He was buried in Barry, Pike County, IL.¹⁰² in the Park Lawn Cemetery.

Blondena Adeline MARQUARDT and Eduard Johann "Ed" RICE had the following children:

143	i.	Claude Leslie RICE was born on 26 February 1914 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁸ He was baptized on 25 March 1914 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁸ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷
144	ii.	Doler Vilas RICE was born on 3 September 1915 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁹ (His given name is not clear in the church baptism record.) He was baptized on 24 September 1915.²¹⁹ at the home of Paul Kewit.