Surnames: Vander Wegen, Seldon, Korrer

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 12/20/1951

Vander Wegen, Florence (20 OCT 1894 - 14 DEC 1951)

Mrs. Thomas Vander Wegen, 57, passed away at the hospital at Stanley, Wis., on Friday, Dec. 14, 1951, after an illness of short duration. Hopes for her recovery had been abandoned.

Florence Seldon was born in Thorp (Clark Co.), Wis. on Oct. 20, 1894. She attended the local school and had been resident of this community all her life.

On Sept. 5, 1921 she was untied in marriage to Thomas Vander Wegen at Thorp, who passed away in 1944.

She is survived by three sons, Sheldon of Shelton, Wash., Wright of Aberdeen, Wash., and Francis of Madison, Wis.; one brother, Leslie Seldon of Vancouver Island, B.C., and one sister, Iva S. Korrer of Fond du Lac, Wis., and many friends.

Funeral services were held at the Thorp Funeral Home at 2:00 o’clock Monday afternoon, Dec. 17th, Rev. Leland Shaw officiating, and interment following in the East Thorp Cemetery. Pallbearers were Hjalmer Brandsness, John Hickman, Richard Coates, Melvin Bancroft, Ed Biddle and Alfred Kass.