BioA: Marty, Mr. and Mrs. Casper (Golden - 1963)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Marty, Altenus, Youmans, Sternitzky, Jones, Schoen

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) June 13, 1963

Marty, Mr. and Mrs. Casper (Golden - 18 June 1963)

Mr. and Mrs. Casper Marty, long time residents of Pleasant Ridge and presently residents of Neillsville, will observe their 50^th wedding anniversary at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Marty, Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m.

A family dinner will be held at the home of another son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marty, located on the home farm which the couple left in 1958 after 45 years there.

The Martys were married June 19, 1913, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Altenus, in Evansville.  They moved in September of that year onto the old Guy Youmans farm on Pleasant Ridge, where they remained until they retired in 1958 and came to Neillsville. Their present home is at 609 West Seventh St.

The Martys are the parents of eight children.  Living are: Walter of Elkhorn, Fred of Granton, Mrs. Walter (Beth) Sternitzky of Granton, Mrs. Ray (Esther) Jones of Beloit, Mrs. Walter (Helen) Schoen of Neillsville, Casper and Robert, both also of Neillsville.

Mr. Marty was born in Glarus, Switzerland, April 14, 1890, and came to America with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Marty, at the age of 17.  The family settled at New Glarus.

Mrs. Marty was born in 1894 in Janesville. The family moved to Strong City, Kans., when she was three years old, and returned to Janesville when she completed her high school education in 1913.