DUENOW, Charles Herman 1862-1949
DUENOW, KUETHER, BORCHARDT, LANGROCK
Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/26/2010 at 10:53:46
Charles Herman Duenow
Birth: Mar. 16, 1862, Germany
Death: Apr. 17, 1949, Saint Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGED ST. ANSGAR MAN
SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
RECEIVED IN ACCIDENTCharles Duenow, 87, of St. Ansgar, died Sunday afternoon in the Mitchell County Memorial hospital, from injuries received in a car-truck collision north of Osage at 4:30 o'clock last Thursday afternoon.
The accident occurred on highway 218 six miles north and one and three-quarters miles west of Osage, when Duenow's car collided with a Cedar Valley Produce truck being driven by Theodore Low of Osage.
It is believed that Duenow's vision was obscured by the snow storm and that he was on the wrong side of the road when the accident occurred.
The injured man was taken to Mitchell County Memorial hospital where he was treated for head cuts and bruises and broken ribs. Low suffered an injury to his left knee and bruises.
Both vehicles were considerably damaged in the crash.
Mr. Duenow was born in Germany and came to Mitchell county at the age of 20 and had lived here ever since. He is survived by four sons and three daughters.
Mitchell County Press-News, 21 APR 1949
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OBITUARY--LAST RITES FOR
CHARLES DUENOW
WERE THURSDAYFuneral services for Charles H. Duenow, 87, of St. Ansgar were held last Thursday afternoon at the farm home and at St. Petri's Lutheran Church in Toeterville. The Rev. C. Meyer officiated, and burial was made in Toeterville cemetery. Mr. Duenow died Sunday at an Osage hospital of injuries received in a car-truck collision Thursday afternoon, April 14, 1949.
Mr. Duenow had been in Osage Thursday and was driving home alone in his car in the snowstorm that afternoon. He was within 60 rods of the side road which leads to the home of his son, Max, where he lived, when he collided with a truck from the Cedar Valley Produce in Osage. The accident happened four miles east of St. Ansgar.
Charles Herman Duenow was born to Carl and Frederika Kuether Duenow on March 16, 1862, in Langkefel, District of Newgardt, Province of Pommerania, Germany. He was baptized in the village church and received his instructions there. On Palm Sunday, 1876, he was confirmed in the same church. he also received his public school education in this village.
As a young man Mr. Duenow helped herd cattle for farmers. Later he worked on a large sheep farm near the village of Duesterbeck. Here he met his future wife, Ottilie Borchardt.
At the age of 20 he came to America with his parents, arriving in St. Ansgar in april 1882. He spent most of his life here, first as a farm laborer,then as a renter, and in 1892, he purchased his first farm.
On January 15, 1887, he was married to Ottilie Borchardt in Wausau, Wisconsin. To this union eight children were born.
On June 26, 1904, Mrs. Duenow died. On January 25, 1914, Mr. Duenow married Mrs. Anna Langrock. They lived on the farm until 1928, when they retired to Toeterville. Mrs. Duenow died in August, 1943.
Mr. Duenow returned to the farm to make his home with his son, Max, and daughter, Minnie. Here he spent much time reading. He also liked sports and music. Mr. Duenow was a faithful and active member of St. Petri Lutheran church at Toeterville.
Surviving are seven children: Robert and Lawrence of Austin, Minnesota, Max, Minnie, and Carl of St. Ansgar, Olga Crawford of Long Beach, Calif., Selma Marie Stevenson of Cedar Rapids; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
One son, George, died in infancy.
Mitchell County Press-News, April 28, 1949
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BIOGRAPHY--Charles Herman Duenow was born March 16, 1862, in Langkafel, District Newgardt, Province of Pommerania, Germany. His parents were Carl and Frederika (Kuether) Duenow. Because they were not rich, it was necessary for Charles to help with the family income by herding cattle for farmers during the summer. Later, he worked on a large sheep farm near the village of Dusterbeck. Here he met his future wife. At the age of twenty, he came to America with his parents arriving in St. Ansgar in April, 1882.
On February 15, 1887, he married Ottilie Borchardt. They first lived on a farm in St. Ansgar township. In 1895, they moved near Grafton where they lived until the fall of 1898. At this time, they moved to the farm they had purchased east of St. Ansgar. On June 26, 1904, Ottilie died at their home. The baby, Lawrence, was only two months old and the oldest child, Robert, was sixteen years old. This was a hard blow and difficult years followed. With the help of God, kind relatives and friends, these difficulties in a measure, were overcome.
On January 25, 1914, Charley married Mrs. Anna Langrock. She died in August, 1943. He then returned to the farm to make his home with son, Max, and daughter, Minnie. Charles died on April 17, 1949 and was buried in the Toeterville Cemetery.
[From 1989 History Book, Mitchell Co., Iowa;
by Sylvia Duenow]
Mitchell Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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