Charles Quandt (1888 - 1985)
QUANDT, MESECK, BRUMMER, HENNING, KLUVER, JENKINS, SCHNEIDER
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Charles Quandt (1888 - 1985)
Charles Quandt was born on October 30, 1888, in Hanover Township, Crawford County, the son of Herman and Albertina Meseck Quandt. He died Monday morning, April 15, at the Carroll Health Center in Carroll, at the age of 96.
Charles spent his formative years on his family's farm in Hanover Township. He received his formal education in the rural schools near his home. During these years he began working in the farming community near Charter Oak.
On January 12, 1916, Charles was united in marriage to Anna Brummer at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Charter Oak. Together they began farming in the Ute and Mapleton areas. After three years they moved to a farm four miles east of Charter Oak where they resided for twenty-three years. They then moved to a farm two miles south of Charter Oak where they lived for ten years. In 1953 they retired from farming and moved into the Charter Oak community.
Anna died in February of 1980. Charles continued to make Charter Oak his home until entering the Carroll Health Center on the twentieth of February this year.
In addition to his parents and his wife, Charles was preceded in death by one daughter, Marjorie, one son Francis, two granddaughters, five brothers, Max, Emil, William, Otto and George, one sister, Anna, Mrs. John Henning, and son-in-law Raymond Kluver.
Survivors include six sons, Paul and wife Helen, Harold and wife Pearl, Norman and wife Ruth, and Donald and wife Veronica, all of Carroll; James and wife Donna of Westside, and Robert of Council Bluffs; three daughters, Mrs. Marcella Kluver of Charter Oak, Evelyn, Mrs. Romanan Jenkins of Kiron, and Dorothy, Mrs. Albert Kluver of Carroll. Also surviving are fifty-five grandchildren, one hundred-eleven great grandchildren, one great great grandson, and one brother, Herman Quandt of Eventide Lutheran Home, one sister, Emma Schneider of Denison, two daughter-in-laws, LaRue Quandt of Schleswig, and Velma Quandt of Council Bluffs, as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
Mass of Christian Burial was held on Thursday, April 18, at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Charter Oak. Burial was in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery near Charter Oak. Father Eugene Walding served as celebrant of the Mass. Mrs. Ann Delanty was organist with Karen Chamberlain and Jim Jurgens as soloists, providing music for the Mass. Lector for the Mass was Daryl Quandt, with Dennis Jenkins and Craig Quandt as gift carriers. A parish rosary was recited at the Huebner Funeral Home the evening before the funeral Mass. Serving as pallbearers were grandsons Ronald Quandt, Jerry Kluver, Verdean Kluver, Gary Quandt, Jary Quandt, and Dale Quandt. Funeral arrangements were made under the direction of the Huenber Funeral Home of Charter Oak.
Transcribed by: Bob Kuehl
Page 3 of Denison Bulletin, published in Denison, Iowa on Tuesday, April 30th, 1985
Charles Quandt (1888 - 1985)
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