Fifth Generation

135. Blondena Adeline MARQUARDT was born on 7 May 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{84,212,213,222,404,405} (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.⁴⁰⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ Blondena was confirmed on 8 April 1906 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹ She died on 18 March 1968 at the age of 76 in Illinois.^212,213,222 Blondena was buried on 20 March 1968 in Barry, Pike County, IL.^212,213,222 in the Park Lawn Cemetery.

Blondena Adeline MARQUARDT and Eduard Johann "Ed" RICE were married on 29 November 1912 in Spencer, Clay County, IA.^5,406 Eduard Johann "Ed" RICE, son of Johann RICE and Emma HAASE, was born on 25 February 1893 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴⁷ He was baptized on 18 June 1893 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹ Eduard died on 2 May 1956 at the age of 63.²¹³ He was buried in Barry, Pike County, IL.²¹³ in the Park Lawn Cemetery.

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

332	i.	Claude Leslie RICE was born on 26 February 1914 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰⁷ He was baptized on 25 March 1914 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹
333	ii.	Doler Vilas RICE was born on 3 September 1915 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰⁸ (His given name is not clear in the church baptism record.) He was baptized on 24 September 1915.⁴⁰⁸ at the home of Paul Kewit.