Ninth Generation

242. Norma Ethel GERKE was born on 14 June 1909 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^54,129 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁷ Norma appeared in the census in 1930 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴³ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵⁰ She died on 16 January 1998 at the age of 88 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ Norma was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁷³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Norma Ethel GERKE and Arthur Wilhelm "Art" SOMMERFIELD were married on 16 February 1928 in Monroe County, WI.^54,374 Arthur Wilhelm "Art" SOMMERFIELD, son of Wilhelm Eduard SOMMERFELDT and Juliana HOFFMANN, was born on 19 July 1904 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^{54,90,111,129} (His surname was listed as "Summerfield" in the Monroe County Index to Birth Registrations.) He was baptized on 4 September 1904 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹¹ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ Art appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁷ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴³ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General Farm." He appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵⁰ He and his family were living with his mother. Art died on 28 August 1991 at the age of 87 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.^54,90 He was buried on 31 August 1991 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^54,90,373 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Norma Ethel GERKE and Arthur Wilhelm "Art" SOMMERFIELD had the following children: