Obit: Rondorf, Mae (1909-1988)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Rondorf, Esselman, Becker, Verhalen, Ryser

---Source Marshfield News-Herald 24 (March 1988)

Rondorf, Mae (2 May 1909-23 March 1988)

LOYAL--Mae Rondorf, 78, Loyal, died Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

Services will be Saturday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Loyal. The Rev. Chester Osowski will officiate. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Richard Rondorf, David Esselman, and Arnie, Allen, Andy and Jerome Becker.

Visitation will be at the Rinka Funeral Home in Loyal, Friday. The Parish Council of Catholic Women will hold a rosary Friday, Followed by a general rosary, both at the funeral home.

She was born May 2, 1909 in Elizabeth, Illinois to Joseph and Elizabeth Becker. She attended the Loyal and Parochial schools.

She was married to Alfred Rondorf, November 16, 1939, in Loyal.

They farmed in the town of Eton (Eaton?) until 1968 when they moved to the city of Loyal.

She was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church and St. Helens Circle.

She is survived by her husband Alfred; two sons, Ray and Robert, both of Greenwood; one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Shirley) Verhalen of Waupaca; one brother, Walter of Neillsville; one sister, Mrs. Corrine Ryser of Marshfield; and nine grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her parents and five brothers.