Fifth Generation

62. Meta Helena WILDE was born on 19 August 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^35,54,59,175 She was baptized on 13 September 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁵ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ Meta appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁸ She was confirmed in 1922 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁶ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ Meta appeared in the census in 1940 in Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸² She died on 17 December 1989 at the age of 81 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.³⁵ She was buried on 20 December 1989 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.³⁵ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens in South Beloit

Meta Helena WILDE and Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) were married on 4 May 1927 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^35,177 Hugh Phillip PURDY (~), son of Fredrick Elmer PURDY and Ada Alma GREENO, was born on 21 January 1903 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.^{35,42,54,127,166,167,178} in Union Valley.

(This is a picture of Hugh, his wife Meta, and her parents.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁸ Hugh graduated in 1924 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁹ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ He was baptized on 23 July 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁷ Hugh died on 24 March 1997 at the age of 94 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.^35,167 He was buried on 27 March 1997 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.³⁵ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. This is a picture of Hugh and Meta's family: Back row, left to right: Hugh, Meta, and Otho; Front row: Bernard, Karen, Darrell, Marceida, and Ortwin.

Meta Helena WILDE and Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) had the following children:

104	i.	Marceida Mary Lou PURDY (~) was born on 13 May 1928 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{54,59,167,180} She was baptized on 16 June 1928 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ Marceida died before February 2017 at the age of 88.⁷⁸
+105	ii.	Otho Hugh PURDY (~).
+106	iii.	Bernard Lee PURDY (~).
+107	iv.	Ortwin Laverne PURDY (~).
+108	v.	Darrel Phillip PURDY (~).
+109	vi.	Karen Irene PURDY (~).