Obit: Rondorf, Matt (1870 - 1952)

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Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Rondorf, Bous, Buffington

----Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.)   05/01/1952

Rondorf, Matt (4 MAY 1870 - 26 APR 1952)

Matt Rondorf, 81, passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, April 26^th, 1952.  Death was attributed to complications of old age.

A funeral high Mass was read in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Tuesday morning, April 29^th, by Rev. Norbert King.  The pallbearers were Joe Walter, Nick Beaver, John Elsinger Sr., John Goetz, William Theisen Sr., and Richard Braun.  Burial was made in the parish cemetery.

Mr. Rondorf was born May 4, 1870, in Monroe Co.  He received his education in St. Mary’s Ridge and was married there Sept. 1, 1896, to Christine Bous.  Shortly after that time they moved to the town of York (Clark Co., Wis.), where Mr. Rondorf engaged in farming.  Thirty-five years later they moved to Loyal, residing there since that time.

He is survived by his wife, four sons, William of Marshfield, Frank, Hoven, S.D., and Joseph and Alfred, Greenwood; a daughter, Mrs. Nora Buffington, Marshfield; 24 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

A daughter, Marie and four brothers and a sister preceded him in death.