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210. TERRY LANE⁶ MINDER (HERBERT CURTISS⁵, CLAUDE RUSSELL⁴, KENNER COLLINS³, BENJAMIN², JOHN¹)⁸¹³ was born 21 February 1963 in Baldwin, St.Croix County, Wisconsin ⁸¹⁴. He married SUSAN ROSE HUDSON⁸¹⁵ 05 February 1985 in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wisconsin⁸¹⁵, daughter of RALPH HUDSON and JUDY MORROW. She was born 11 September 1965 ⁸¹⁶.

Marriage Notes for TERRY MINDER and SUSAN HUDSON:
Terry Lane Minder and Susan Rose Hudson, daughter of Ralph and Judy (Morrow) Hudson, were married on 11 September 1965, in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, at the United Pentecostal Church. Rev. J. David Boarders officiated. Witnesses were Scott Miller and Judy Hudson. There was a son born to this marriage and they are now divorced.

Child of TERRY MINDER and SUSAN HUDSON is:

JAMIE LANE⁷ MINDER⁸¹⁷, b. 21 January 1985, Baldwin, St.Croix County, Wisconsin ⁸¹⁸.

211. PAUL VERSEY⁶ MINDER (KENNETH DANIEL⁵, CLAUDE RUSSELL⁴, KENNER COLLINS³, BENJAMIN², JOHN¹)⁸¹⁹ was born 23 August 1964 in River Falls, Pierce County, Wisconsin ⁸²⁰. He married RHONDA TROJANOWSKI⁸²¹ 12 March 1987 in Houston, Harris County, Texas⁸²¹. She was born 08 June 1966 in Houston, Harris County, Texas⁸²¹.

Children of PAUL MINDER and RHONDA TROJANOWSKI are:

	i.		ELIZABETH ANN⁷ MINDER⁸²², b. 24 January 1989, Houston, Harris County, Texas⁸²².
	ii.		SAMANTHA ASHLEY MINDER⁸²², b. 29 November 1990, Houston, Harris County, Texas⁸²².

212. TIMOTHY CLAUDE⁶ MINDER (KENNETH DANIEL⁵, CLAUDE RUSSELL⁴, KENNER COLLINS³, BENJAMIN², JOHN¹)⁸²³ was born 05 March 1966 in Houston, Harris County, Texas ⁸²⁴. He married ELISA LABOY⁸²⁵ 24 October 1986 in Humble, Texas ⁸²⁶. She was born 06 January 1969 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas ⁸²⁷.

Children of TIMOTHY MINDER and ELISA LABOY are:

	i.		MARYSA⁷ MINDER⁸²⁸, b. 12 May 1987, Houston, Harris County, Texas⁸²⁸.
	ii.		TIMOTHY ARRON MINDER⁸²⁹, b. 18 August 1988, Houston, Harris County, Texas⁸²⁹.
	iii.		ALYSSA RAE MINDER⁸³⁰, b. 27 April 1991, Houston, Harris County, Texas⁸³⁰.

213. GARY ELLIOTT⁶ PETERSON (LLOYD ELLIOTT⁵, GENEVA ARVELLA⁴ MINDER, KENNER COLLINS³, BENJAMIN², JOHN¹)⁸³¹ was born 11 October 1946 in Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota ⁸³². He married (1) JANICE MARIE GIFFORD⁸³³ 08 February 1971 in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wisconsin ⁸³⁴, daughter of WALLACE GIFFORD and ARLENE AXELSON. She was born 18 January 1953 in Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota ⁸³⁵. He married (2) JUDY ANN SEEGER 25 August 1978 in Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota ⁸³⁶, daughter of FREDRICK SEEGER and MARGIE KLEINSCHMIDT. She was born 20 April 1957 in Bozeman, Park County, Montana ⁸³⁷.

Notes for GARY ELLIOTT PETERSON:
Gary, the first child born to Lloyd and Kitty Peterson came into this life with a full head of coal black hair. When his grandfather, Henry Peterson, saw him for the first time he laughed and said that Gary looked like an Indian.

Gary attended schools in Houston, Texas and graduated from M.B. Smiley High School in 1965. He moved with his family to Iowa where he helped in the family store until he joined the Army.

After getting a medical discharge from the Army he moved to Wisconsin. Where he lived until moving to Red Wing, Minnesota. He now lives in Wabasha where he has lived for the past twenty six years.

He married his first wife, Janice Marie Gifford on 8 February 1971 in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Janice is the daughter of Wallace Jr. and Arlene Marie (Axelson) Gifford of Hager City, Wisconsin. They divorced in April of 1972 and had no children.

Gary married Judy Ann Seeger, daughter of Fredrick Walter and Margie (Kleinschmidt) Seeger of Lake City, Minnesota, on 25 August 1978 in Red Wing, Minnesota. They have one child, a son. They were divorced in April of 1985.

Gary has worked at jobs mostly involved with food. He now is employed at Treasure Island in Employee Oasis, the buffett for the employees.

His life long dream has been to be a writer. He still writes and sends in his stories but as yet he hasn't been published, but he still tries.

His hobbies are working on his computer, reading and writing.

Child of GARY PETERSON and JUDY SEEGER is:

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN⁷ PETERSON⁸³⁷, b. 16 January 1982, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota ⁸³⁸.

Notes for CHRISTOPHER ROBIN PETERSON:
Christopher has just just entered his junior year at Lake City High School. During the summer he worked part time at Burger King in Lake City. .

214. TWILA COLLEEN⁶ PETERSON (LLOYD ELLIOTT⁵, GENEVA ARVELLA⁴ MINDER, KENNER COLLINS³, BENJAMIN², JOHN¹)⁸³⁹ was born 03 October 1948 in Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota ⁸⁴⁰. She married LEON JOE PAYNE⁸⁴¹ 05 September 1969 in Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wisconsin ⁸⁴², son of KENNETH PAYNE and LILLIE MILLER. He was born 06 August 1944 in Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma ⁸⁴³.

Notes for TWILA COLLEEN PETERSON:
Twila Colleen was the second child born to Lloyd and Kitty Peterson, on 3 October 1948 in Red Wing, Minnesota. Sunday night at 11:25 p.m., weight: 7 lbs, 14 1\2 ounces, and 21 inches long.
She attended schools in Houston, Texas until her junior year in high school when the family moved to Maquoketa, Iowa. It has been told that Twila loved school and that on the first day of school when Kitty took her to school she turned to her mother and told her to go home she didn't need her there. When she was in the fifth grade Twila's mom was visiting another one of the children's teachers when Mr. Jung, Twila's teacher, saw Kitty and stopped her in the hall. He was almost in tears as he asked her what he was going to do with Twila, she loved to talk and was driving the poor man crazy.

Upon the move to Iowa Twila entered Maquoketa High School and it was a hard adjustment from a southern school to a northern school. The students and teachers had a hard time understanding her talk because of her accent and she too had a hard time understanding some of their phrases. But before too long she was saying "you guys" right along with the rest of them. Ya'll was soon forgotten.

After graduating from high school in 1967 Twila lived with her aunt and uncle, Bud and Mavis Peterson until the next fall when she then moved to Portland, Oregon to attend Conquerors Bible College, where she met, Leon, her husband.

They were married on 5 September 1969 in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, then returned to Portland for Twila's senior year in college. She graduated from college on 6 June 1970. In August of that year she and Leon moved to Wisconsin where they still reside.

They have two children, a son and daughter. She taught school at Faith Academy Christian School in rural Bay City for three years. She then home schooled her children for a total of ten years.

Since April of 1993 Twila has been the clerk of Isabelle Township. In October of 1996 she went to work for West Publishing in Red Wing, Minnesota, now West Group, as they were bought out by the Thompson Corporation.

Her hobbies and interests include: reading, crocheting, sewing, yard work, gardening, raising raspberries, doing cross word puzzles, cake decorating and genealogy. She was active in the 4-H program, with the Maiden Rock Rockets. She was the Pierce County 4-H Adult Advisors president, vice-president, and advisor, on the drama committee for two years and the cake decorating leader for her club for 12 years.

Notes for LEON JOE PAYNE:
Leon was born on 6 August 1944 in Vinita, Oklahoma to Kenneth and Lillie (Miller) Payne. He was the fourth of five children born to this couple.

He moved around during his school years attending schools in Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington. He graduated from Tolt High School in 1964 in Carnation, Washington.

After graduation he worked for a lumber company until being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1965. His basic training was at Ford Ord, California, then he was sent to Korea (had all of his equipment except rifle and boots to be sent to Viet Nam and his orders were changed at the last minute). He stayed thirteen months in Korea and spent the rest of his stint in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

While in Colorado Springs he met a man by the name of James Lemmons who introduced him to the Lord. After his discharge from the Army he attended Conquerors Bible College in Portland, Oregon where he met his future wife, Twila.

In 1970 Leon and Twila moved to Ellsworth, Wisconsin to be near Twila's family. Leon worked for Melby Modula for several years and then went to work for Meyer Industries in Hager City, Wisconsin and for the past twenty-two years has worked for Mycogen (formerly Jacques Seeds).

Leon's interests and hobbies are hunting, fishing, junk collecting, collecting pocket knives, reading, camping, and carpentry work.

Marriage Notes for TWILA PETERSON and LEON PAYNE:
Leon and Twila were married on Friday, 5 September 1969 at 7:30 p.m. in Ellsworth, Wisconsin at the Zion Covenant Church. Pastor Kenneth Minder of the Apostolic Church officiated. Maid of honor was Gail Peterson, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Cherie Peterson, sister of the bride, Emily Payne, sister of the groom, Debbie Peterson, cousin of the bride. Best man was David Brott, friend of the couple. Groomsmen were Gary Peterson, brother of the bride, Jeff Peterson, cousin of the bride and Michael Rustad, friend of the bride. Ring bearer was Philip Peterson, brother of the bride and the flower girls were Charla Ray and Roxan Perry, cousins of the bride. Music was by Carol Brott, friend of the bride and Pastor Kenneth Minder and organist was Alice Collette. Ushers were Charles Ray and Hollis Peterson, uncles of the bride. Sharon Stockwell attended the guest book. The reception was at the Pierce Pepin Electric Company community room. Jean Ray, aunt of the bride, cut the cake and Gloria Perry, aunt of the bride, served the punch and poured the coffee.

The Shopper, Wednesday, September 13, 1972: September's Lucky Anniversary honors go to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Payne of 441 West Hillcrest Street in Ellsworth. The Paynes will be guests of honor at a special Anniversary party Thursday evening, September 28th at the Hilltop Supper Club. Leon and Twila were married three years September 5th and have a son, Kevin, 13 months old. The couple met while attending Bible College in Portland, Oregon and have lived in this area the past two years. Mr. Payne is originally from Oklahoma and was employed as a carpenter for one and one-half years at Melby Module Mfg. Leon is presently employed as a welder at the Hager City plant of Meyer Machine. Mrs. Payne is the former Twila Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Peterson of Wabasha, Minnesota. Leon and Twila will be chauffered to the Hilltop in a new car by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Oltman of Ellsworth. The couple wil receive a dinner for two, flowers, a special cake, color photos of their evening and many memento gifts of the occasion.

Children of TWILA PETERSON and LEON PAYNE are:

KEVIN DAVID⁷ PAYNE⁸⁴⁴, b. 30 July 1971, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota ⁸⁴⁵; m. LAURA LOUISE DEMOS⁸⁴⁶, 15 June 1996, St. Paul, Minnesota ⁸⁴⁷; b. 20 July 1971, St. Paul, Minnesota ⁸⁴⁸.

Notes for KEVIN DAVID PAYNE:
Kevin was the first child born to Leon and Twila and the first grandchild born to Lloyd and Kitty Peterson. From birth Kevin has been a member of the United Pentecostal Church.

He attended school in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin until the closing of the school. He then attended Faith Academy in rural Bay City, Wisconsin for three years and then he was home schooled. He graduated from Bay City Learning Center (his home school had a name) in 1988.

Kevin was a member of the Maiden Rock Rockets 4-H group where he was very involved playing softball as a left fielder, president of the club for a year, had projects in wood working, metal enameling, wild flowers, and etc. During high school Kevin worked at Randy's in Red Wing.

After graduating from high school at the young age of 16 he then attended the Technical College in Red Wing, Minnesota for computer programing.

In 1989 he went to Stockton, California to attend Christian Life College, graduating in 1993 with a B.A. in theology. He then took a year off and then attended the University of Wisconsin, Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin starting work on his masters degree.

In 1996 he married Laura Louise Demos, daughter of Rev. Alan and Valerie (Thimme) Demos, in St. Paul, Minnesota. That fall they moved to Stockton, California where Laura is head of the music department at Christian Life College and Kevin is on the pastoral staff of Christian Life Center and attending seminary in Sacramento, California working on his master's degree. He will graduate 29 June 1999.

They have two dogs, Shilo and Kenai.

Notes for LAURA LOUISE DEMOS:
Laura Louise, the first child of Alan and Valerie (Thimme) Demose was born on 20 July 1971 in St. Paul, Minnesota. At an early age she and her family moved to Greece where her dad was a missionary for the United Pentecostal Church, Int. She graduated from an American school in Greece.

After graduating from the American Community Schools in Athans, Greece in 1988 she then attended Christian Life College where she received a B.A. in music and then attended Butler University in Indiana where she received a second B.A. in music.

She married Kevin Payne on 15 June 1996 in St. Paul, Minnesota. And they now reside in Stockton, California where she is the Director of the Music Program.

In 1997 she produced a tape and CD with her group "Certain Sound." Most of the songs on the tape are songs that Laura wrote and put to music. This past spring she produced another tape and CD with her choir group. During the month of May she and her music group will tour for the school. In July she and her group "Certain Sound" toured on the east coast, from Maine to Florida.

Marriage Notes for KEVIN PAYNE and LAURA DEMOS:
Kevin and Laura were married on Saturday, 15 June 196 at the First United Pentecostal Curch in St. Paul, Minnesota, with the Revs. Alan Demos and Lloyd Peterson officiating. Maid of honor was Sheri Reily, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Tanya Payne, sister of the groom; Karen Westlend, friend of the couple; Kristen Churchill, friend of the couple; and Lisa Brink, friend of the bride. Bestman was Philip Peterson, uncle of the groom. Groomsmen were Joel Demos, brother of the bride, Philip Demos, brother of the bride; Rick Herold, friend of the couple; and Andrew Degraffenreed, friend of the groom. Vocalists were Wayne and Elizabeth Goodine, friends of the couple, and Stephanie Marshall, friend of the bride. Ushers were Joel Peterson and Daniel Flemming. Reception was held in the church fellowship hall. Gift opening was the following day at 2 p.m.

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TANYA CHERIE PAYNE, b. 27 December 1975, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota.

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