October 18, 2011

Neff, Ralph and Elsie

Ralph Neff
Oakwood Cemetery
(Source:  Jacqueline Klapproth Nelson.  Copyright October 2011)

Mrs. Elsie Frances Neff
Age 51.  Passed away, Nov 22, 1948 at the Kenosha Hospital.  She was born Feb. 22, 1897 in Indianola, Iowa.  She had lived in Racine until 1940 when she moved to Kenosha.  On February 18, 1917, in Iowa, she was married to Ralph Neff.
Surviving are her husband, Ralph, three sons, Donald of Racine, Orville and Marvin of Kenosha and thre daughters, Mrs. Willard Noyes of Racine, Mrs. Carl Bernhardt and Miss Shirley Mae Neff, Kenosha.  Two brothers also survive: Fred Shafar of Brooks, Iowa; Charles Shafar of Watchweer, Iowa; and two sisters, Mrs. Lee Smith and Mrs. James P. McKissick both of Racine.  Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Somers."
(Source: Racine Journal Times, publication datee November 23, 1948).

Home of Neff in 1930
Name:  Ralph Neff
Home in 1930:  Somers, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Age in 1930:  32
Estimate Birth Date:  1898
Birthplace:  Illinois
Spouse Name:  Elsie Neff
Household Members:
Ralph, age 32; Elsie, age 33; Mildred, daughter, age 12; Dorothy, daughter, age 11; Donald, son age 10; Orville, son age 7; Marvin, son, age 5; Sara Lebeck, sister-in-law, age 28; and Alice Lebeck, niece, age 3.
(Source:  1930 U.S. Federal Census)

About Malvina Neff Hughes Gentz
Malvina Neff was the daughter of Ralph Neff.
Malvina Neff married Jahiel Hughes.
After Jahiel Hughes passed away, Mavina married Charles Gentz, also of Somers Township. See link below documenting this information.

http://oakwoodcemetery.blogspot.com/2011/10/hughes.html

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