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1312. Bernice Vivian PRELL was born on 15 December 1918 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.313,649 She appeared in the census in 1930 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.459 She graduated in 1937 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.776 from Tomah High School. Bernice died before November 2013 at the age of 94.786

Bernice Vivian PRELL and Arthur A. THIEMKE were married.313 Arthur A. THIEMKE was born in 1912.1022 He died in 1969 at the age of 57.1022 He was buried in 1969 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.1022 in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

Bernice Vivian PRELL and Arthur A. THIEMKE had the following children:

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Gerald George THIEMKE was born on 27 April 1945 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.325 He died on 9 July 2008 at the age of 63 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.325,1059

Obituary Notes: "Gerald G. Thiemke, 63, of Tomah, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Tomah Memorial Hospital. He was born April 27, 1945, to Arthur and Bernice (Prell) Thiemke in Sparta. He worked several years for Equity Livestock and also farmed for many years on the family farm.

Gerald enjoyed local history and was a Monroe County historian. He worked on the Civil War Book Committee and was a member of the Monroe Juneau Jackson County Genealogical Workshop serving as treasurer. He also was currently serving on the Oakdale sesquicentennial celebration committee.

He is survived by his mother, Bernice Thiemke of Tomah; a brother, Bruce (Kathy) of Endeavor; two nieces, Kristin (Christopher) Cushing of Palatine, IL, and Susan (Michael) Dettmann of Watertown; two nephews, Daniel (Luciana) Thiemke of Sun Prairie and Steven (Jacque) Thiemke of Oshkosh; five grand-nieces and grand-nephews, aunts, uncles, other relatives and many friends from the Historical Society and Genealogical Workshop.

He was preceded in death by his father, Arthur.

Memorial services will be held Wednesday, July 16, at 11 a.m. at the Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, Tomah. Burial will be in the Warren-Mills Cemetery."

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Bruce A. THIEMKE.