FRUDDEN, Nanning 1860-1951

FRUDDEN, FREDERICKS, BUCKER, BUCKNER

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 7/22/2012 at 14:30:00

Nanning Frudden – September 3, 1860 – March 21, 1951

FUNERAL AT CHARLES CITY FOR PIONEER

Charles City – Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hauser Funeral Home for N. Frudden, 90, pioneer businessman and civic leader, who died Wednesday night at the Cedar Valley Hospital. He suffered a fractured hip several weeks ago which with infirmities of age was the cause of death. The Rev. Walter M. Fritschel, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, officiated and burial was in Riverside Cemetery.

Mr. Frudden was born in Germany September 3, 1860 and came to the United States in 1876. Since 1882 he had lived in Charles City where he established himself in the sash and door industry and the retail lumber business. He was president of the George P. Smith Company, 50 years and president of N. Frudden and Son, Incorporated, for 30 years. Among the activities in which he assumed leadership were the Hart-Part Company, Charles City Western Railway, Charles City Gas Company, YMCA, and the Cedar Valley Hospital.

Mr. Frudden served many years on the city council, the board of education, the park commission, and was a director in the Building and Loan association.

Survivors are his widow, Mathilde B. Frudden; 4 sons; C. Erwin Frudden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Fred A. Frudden, Nora Springs; William E. Frudden, Charles City and Clyde Frudden, Greene, and 6 grandchildren.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday March 21, 1951

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Nanning Frudden was born September 3, 1860, the son of Cornelius Frudden.
1st Wife:
He married Josene Fredericks, who was born May 1859 and died in 1901.

Children of this marriage:
Conrad Erwin Frudden born March 1, 1887
Fred A. Frudden born January 19, 1888
William Elernest Frudden born March 28, 1891
Clyde Marvin Frudden born November 24, 1897

2nd Wife: He married Mathilde Bucker, the daughter of Joseph Bucker **(name might also be Buckner)

(Above info about wifes from Birth records for his children from first marriage, and 1925 Iowa Census for maiden/parent name of Nanning and Mathilde as spelled in those records)

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Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa (tombstones)

Nanning Frudden 1860-1951
Josene Frudden 1859-1901
Mathilde Frudden 1877-1959