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

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Surnames: Vater, Moody, Woodburn, Jones

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) November 16, 1961

Vater, Mr. and Mrs. Robert (68^th - 11 November 1961)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vater of Owen observed their 68^th wedding anniversary November 11. For the last two years they have been making their home at the Havenet Nursing Home.

There were married November 11, 1893, at Plymouth, where they were born. They attended the World’s Fair in Chicago on their wedding trip.

They moved to the vicinity of Withee in 1901, first north of Withee and later 1 ½ miles south on 73, where they lived until they moved to Owen.

They raised six children there: three sons, Carl, Neil, and Arno, all of the area; and Mrs. Niles (Ruth) Moody of Madison, Mrs. L. Norviel Woodburn of Elmhurst, Ill., and Mrs. Raymond (Alice) Jones of Randolph.  They now have eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

They celebrated their 50^th anniversary in 1943. Eight years ago the immediate families came for a dinner and an open house was held at the Methodist Church in Withee in recognition of their 60^th anniversary.

Both are 91 years old and in very good health considering their age.