Oral Marie Hodges was born on April 7, 1896 in Spring Green, Wisconsin to Charles Leslie Skone (1865-1940) and Dora Allen (1873-1952). Oral was the second of ten children:
- Leslie (1895-1985)
- John (1898-1898)
- Mila Lulu (1900-1903)
- Esther Adelle (1903-1994)
- Charles Howard (1904-1970)
- George Clark (1906-1974)
- Dean Allen (1908-1972)
- Ada Margaret (1911-1974)
- Laura Juanita (1914-1970)
Oral lived in Madison, Wisconsin according to the 1900's census and in Leaf River, Illinois according to the 1910 census. Oral married Ernest Ralph McNeal (1896-1968) about 1915. Oral and Ernest had three children:
- Kenneth Ralph (1916-1983) my great grandfather
- Hazel Lorraine (1917-1917)
- Ruth Adele (1918-2009)
According to the 1920 census, Oral and Ralph lived in Byron, Illinois and the 1930 census they lived in Rockford, Illinois. Oral and Ralph would divorced around 1938. Oral remarried Peter W. Widrig (1886-1966) on August 7, 1948.
Oral died on December 11, 1980 at age 84. Oral is buried at Byron Cemetery in Byron, Illinois.
Ancestry
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