THIRD GENERATION

14. Martin HILGENDORF was born on 4 Jan 1890. He died in 1962. He was buried in 1962 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois.⁽²⁾ Section C, Row 26, Plot 76C

He was married to Verona May DITMAN (daughter of John DITMAN and (DITMAN)) on 8 Oct 1911.⁽⁶⁾(5) Verona May DITMAN was born on 1 Jul 1893 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.^{(5) (6)} (It is possible that her parents are John and Kathryn Ditman, buried in Woodland Cemetery in Row 10) She died on 4 Jun 1979 in Paxton, Ford County, Illinois.⁽⁵⁾

Verona Hilgendorf

BUCKLEY -- Verona M. Hilgendorf, 85, a lifelong resident of Buckley, died at 7:20 p.m. Monday in the Paxton Community Hospital, where she had been a patient about a month.
Mrs. Hilgendorf was born July 1, 1893, at Buckley to Mr. and Mrs. John Ditman. She attended Buckley public schools.
She was married Oct. 8, 1911, to Martin Hilgendorf, who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Hilgendorf was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Buckley and St. John's Ladies Aid.
Survivors include a son, Clifford of Buckley; two daughters, Verna Johnson of Paxton and Vivian Gronewold of Buckley; 9 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Everett Ditman and Andrew Ditman, both of Rockford.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and a brother.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church. The Rev. James D. Brammeier will officiate and burial will be in St. John's Cemetery here.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Ford-Baier Funeral Home in Buckley.

She was buried about 7 Jun 1979 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois. ⁽²⁾ Section C, Row 26, Plot 76C "Wife of Martin Hilgendorf" Martin HILGENDORF and Verona May DITMAN had the following children:

+89 i. Clifford F HILGENDORF.
+90 ii. Verna HILGENDORF.
+91 iii. Vivian HILGENDORF.