Martin M. Daufeldt

DAUFELDT, FREESE, SCHMELZER, HERMANN, ALPEN, HARMSEN, WEISE

Posted By: Ann H. (email)
Date: 2/27/2008 at 17:47:43

MARTIN M. DAUFELDT

Durant - Martin M. Daufeldt, 80, of Durant, died at 2 am today at the Wilton Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the Griffith Funeral Home in Wilton with the Rev. L. Jack Ehlers, pastor of the Gloria Dei Lutheran church, Durant, officiating. Burial will be in the Moscow cemetery.

Born Feb. 20, 1889, in Davenport, he was a resident here for 20 years. He married Emma Freese, Feb. 10, 1914, at the Trinity Church in Moscow. Mr. Daufeldt was a retired farmer and a member of the United Church of Christ in Wilton.

Surviving him are two sons, Harvey, Muscatine and Alvin, Durant; five daughters, Mrs. Paul (Louise) Schmelzer, Pleasant Prairie, Mrs. Glenn (Dorothy) Hermann, Route 3, Muscatine, Mrs. Alvin (Grace) Harmsen of Bennett and Mrs. Arnold (Eva) Alpen and Mrs. Robert (Cathryn) Weise, both of Durant; 21 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and four brothers.

There will be a visitation after 1 pm Wednesday in the funeral home.

Muscatine Journal - January 27, 1970