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Donna Checking In

OK I am in and will be looking forward to being a blogger !!

Arthur P. & Bertha Wichmann Metty

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Pictured here are Arthur Prudence Metty born 14 November 1875 in Kankakee, IL. and his wife Bertha Wichmann born 1 October 1878 in Redwood Falls, MN. They are the the parents of Arthur Joseph Metty. They were married on 18 February 1908 in Billings, MT and returned the Currie, MN area to make their home. They had three chidren, Arthur, Clair and Vera. Bertha died thirteen years after their marriage, on 18 February 1921. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Currie. On 13 June 1923, Arthur married Rita Judd of Thomson, IL. There were no children born of this union. He died on 21 April 1960 at Slayton, MN and is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Arthur & Josphine Boudreau Metty

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Arthur Joseph Metty and Anna Maria Josephine Boudreau, parents of Cleo Francis Metty. They were married on 2 June 1936 at Currie, Minnesota a small town in southwestern Minnesota. Arthur was born there on 21 July 1912, remained in that same area for the entirety of his life. He was the eldest son of Arthur Prudence Metty an Bertha Wichmann. He died there on 23 May 1993 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery at Currie. His spouse was the daughter of Joseph Francis Boudreau and Theodora Theresa Ruppert, born on 5 January 1915 at Currie, the eldest of her family. She died on 3 October 1990 at Marshall, MN and is buried beside Arhtur.