Surnames: VANGORDER PROUTY MCFITREDGE DECKER

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 01/18/1984

Van Gorder, Mae (21 NOV 1884 - 13 JAN 1984)

Mae Van Gorder, 99, a resident of Neillsville Memorial Home since Sept. 1982, formerly of Greenwood, Clark County, died Friday, Jan. 13, 1984, at Memorial Hospital, Neillsville.

Funeral services were at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1984, at Zion United Church of Christ, Greenwood. Officiating was Rev. Alwyn York. Burial was in the Thorp Cemetery, with grandsons serving as pallbearers. Rinka Funeral Home, Greenwood, was in charge of arrangements.

Mae Prouty was born to Vernon and Rebecca (nee McFitredge) Prouty, at Neenah, Town of Ellington, on Nov. 21, 1884. She received her education at a rural Thorp School.

She was married to George Van Gorder in 1903. After their marriage they farmed in the Thorp and Maplehurst areas. After his death in 1938, she worked for Mater Package Co. at Owen for many years. She later retired and moved to Greenwood, where she lived with her daughter.

She was a member of Zion United Church of Christ.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Arno (Vernie) Decker of Greenwood three grandchildren 10 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her husband one daughter two sisters one brother one grandson and one great-great-grandchild.