DUDDEN, Henry J. 1868-1954

DUDDEN, PETERS

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Date: 9/26/2021 at 14:38:48

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Dudden Died On The Same Day

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dudden, widely known and highly honored Grundy county couple, both died on New Year's Day, 1954.

The end came for Mr. Dudden at the Grundy hospital at 3:15 in the morning. Mrs. Dudden who had been critically ill at her home for several weeks, followed her husband at 5:45 in the afternoon at her home. Had they lived until next March they would have been married 58 years.

Mr. Dudden suffered a heart attack the past summer which kept him a patient in the Grundy hospital for a week, after which he seemed to have recovered much of his former strength. He had a few minor attacks later and he was severely stricken eight days before his death and was again removed to the hospital. A blood clot set in one leg which helped to bring on the end.

Fell and Broke Hip
Mrs. Dudden had been a diabetic patient for several years and her health failed gradually during the past year. Several months ago she fell at her home and broke a bone in her hip. The shock resulting from this accident hastened her decline. She was a bed patient for many weeks before the end came. She was only conscious part of the time during the last days and she did not know that her husband had been severely stricken and removed to the hospital.

Mr. Dudden was 85 years old last October and his wife was 81 in November. She had spent her entire life in Grundy county.

This revered old couple who had enjoyed daily companionship for nearly 58 years, remained united in death. They were laid to rest in the same grave in the Grundy Center cemetery.

Funeral services were at the Engelkes Funeral Home in Grundy Center, Tuesday afternoon, followed with services at the Bethany Presbyterian church. Relatives from the county and from a considerable distance were at the funeral services and friends filled to overflowing the services in the auditorium at the church. The services were conducted by Rev. F. J. Langenberg.

Mr. Dudden a Native of Germany
Mr. Dudden was born in Tettens, Germany, October 3rd, 1868. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Tiemen J. Dudden. At the age of 16, he with his parents, two brothers and one sister, came to America and they located on a farm near Hastings, Nebraska.

Seven years later he came to Grundy county where he worked on farms in the vicinity of Wellsburg for a time and a little later he was employed in a grain elevator at Wellsburg for 3 years.

His mother died in Nebraska. His father came later to join his son in Grundy county.

On March 19, 1896, he and Ella C. Peters were married. They began married life together in Wellsburg where Mr. Dudden bought an interest in a lumber business at Wellsburg where he was associated with Henry and George Neessen. After four years in the lumber business he sold his interest to his partners and he and his family moved to one of the George Wells farms a half mile south of Wellsburg where they resided six years.

At the end of that time the Dudden family moved to a half section farm seven miles west of Grundy Center which they had purchased the year before. At the end of six years Mr. Dudden sold his big farm and purchased the 80 acre farm a half mile north of Grundy Center. They built a large modern home on this farm in 1921 and they resided there until 1947 when they sold that farm and moved to Grundy Center for the remainder of their lives.

Mrs. Dudden was born on a farm in German township Nov. 17, 1872, and she grew up there. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claus Peters, among the early residents of northwest Grundy. Mrs. Dudden had two brothers, Simon and Reint Peters. Simon died a month and a half ago. Death came to the other brother earlier. She had four sisters, Mrs. George Neessen and Mrs. Christ Neessen and Mrs. Groeneveldt of Wellsburg, Mrs. Bergner from Kansas and Mrs. Jacob Wulf from Sibley. Mrs. Wulf is the only surviving member of the Peters family. Mr. Dudden had two brothers and three sisters. Two of the sisters died in infancy. The other sister and two brothers died in Nebraska.

Immediate Members of Family
Mr. and Mrs. Dudden were the parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters. One of the children, a son, and a twin of the oldest daughter, Mary, died in infancy. The six living children are Mary, who has been making her home with her parents continually, Tim, Claus, Mrs. Harry Groote, George and Carl, all from Grundy county. There are six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The pallbearers, nephews of Mr. and Mrs. Dudden, were Heiko C. Neessen, Heiko G. Neessen, William Peters, Cecil Peters, John J. Groneveld, Glenn Mitchell, Tom Gronewold, Tim Dudden, Fred Dudden, Guy Fletcher, Del Goyen, Claus Neessen.

Many Relatives From a Distance
Relatives from a distance who were here for the funeral service were: Tim Dudden, Madison, Minn.; Mrs. Marie Swanson, of Ocheyedan; Mrs. Ernest Swanson, Cherokee; Mrs. Chris Bemdt, Clear Lake; Fred and Hero Dudden, Broadwater, Neb.; Barney Dudden, Venengo, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. John Goldenstein, Glenville, Neb.; Tom Gronewald, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gronewold, Hastings, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Roland Dudden, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ralston and Debbie, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mr. and Mrs. Del Goyen, Cunningham, Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fletcher, Pratt, Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. William Musch, Waterloo; Mrs. Jennie Peters, Mrs. Molly Peters, Parkersburg; William Peters, Aplington; Mr. and Mrs. John J. Groneveld, Eldora; Rev. and Mrs. John Masselink, Orange City; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mitchell, Sibley; Vernon Peters, Mrs. Clarence Scoggin, Mrs. Andy Sorensen, Cedar Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Heiko C. Neessen, Mr. and Mrs. Heiko G. Neessen, Mr. and Mrs. Claus Neessen, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nederhoff, Mr. and Mrs. Reike Ross, Mr. and Mrs. George Hayenga, all of Wellsburg; Leslie Groneveld, Eldora.

The children of the departed parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dudden, thank all the kind relatives, neighbors and friends for their many deeds of kindness during the time of illness of their mother and father. Special thanks to the sister, Mary, and to Mrs. Luva Bakker for their gracious spirit and their tender patience in taking care of both Mr. and Mrs. Dudden. Thanks to Rev. Langenberg, the organist, the singers, the ushers, the casketbearers, for the flowers, the flower committee and Ladies' Aid, and all those who furnished cars.--The Henry Dudden children.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 7 January 1954

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