Obit: Alperstett, Melvin #2 (1920 - 2009) 

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Surnames: Alperstett, Gordee, Williams, Jefferson, Miller, West, Dever 
 

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Tuesday, 18 Aug. 2009 
 

Alperstett, Melvin (11 Nov. 1920 - 10 Aug. 2009) 
 

SPRING GREEN -- Melvin Alperstett, 88, died Aug. 10, 2009, at Greenway Manor Nursing home in Spring Green. 
 

The first of two celebration of life services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Christ Lutheran Church, 237 E. Daley Street, Spring Green. 
 

Friends and family will also gather at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Greenwood. A caravan will depart at 1 p.m. for Forest Hill Cemetery for a brief service and burial. 
 

He was born Nov. 11, 1920, on the Alperstett family farm, known as the Black River Dairy Farm, north of Greenwood. Melvin married and raised a family on that dairy farm. He also had an archery business in Loyal. 
 

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Beulah (Gordee) Alperstett, also living at Greenway Manor; four daughters, Carol (David Williams) Jefferson of Iowa City, Iowa, Connie (Steve) Miller of Spring Green, Kaye (Travis) West of The Woodlands, Texas, and Corinne Dever (Sean) of The Woodlands, Texas; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 
 

Melvin and Beulah retired from farming in 1976 and moved to Loyal, where they lived for 26 years. In 2002 they moved to Spring Green. 
 

Cuddie Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.