BioA: Vater, Mr. & Mrs. Robert (68^th - 1961)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Vater, Jones, Moody, Woodburn

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 11/09/1961

Vater, Mr. & Mrs. Robert (68^th - 11 NOV 1961)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vater, former Withee (Clark Co., Wis.) residents, are at the ripe young age of 91 celebrating their 68^th wedding anniversary on Nov. 11^th, 1961.  They both are living with their daughter, Mrs. Ruth Moody, at Madison.  Ruth reports that both are in fairly good health and her mother remarkably so, as she walks over to the store if she wishes to do some shipping, and is alert and interested in everything that goes on.  She enjoys reading and weaving pot holders.  Mr. Vater’s health is not quite so good, but he is up every day and enjoys going for rides and visiting his sons.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vater were married Nov. 11, 1893, in a ceremony performed at Plymouth, Wis.  They moved to Withee in 1901.  They have six children, Mrs. Ruth moody, Madison; Mrs. Raymond (Alice) Jones, Randolph; Mrs. Norvell (Gladys) Woodburn, Elmhurst, Ill.; and Arno, Carl and Neil, all of Withee.  They also have eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.