Edmund L Lundquist

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Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 9/21/2010 at 18:25:36

History of Woodbury County, Iowa 1984

Edmund L Lundquist
By Edmund L Lundquist

Edmund LeRoy Lundquist was born January 6, 1915, at Marcus, Iowa, Cherokee County. At the age of 5, the family moved to Sioux City where he attended school until graduation form East High in 1932. His father, Elmer L Lundquist, was president of Farmers State Bank in Marcus, having started his banking career in Nebraska. He was married to Iowa Florence Cisne, daughter of Charles Wesley and Mary Louise Cisne.

Elmer Lundquist was interested in banking business in Sioux City and in manufacturing of Kernals of Wheat, a cereal company. Edmund started to school in 1920, attended Morningside College from 1932 to 1934 after which illness in the family interrupted his schooling. From 1934 to 1937 he worked at Livestock National Bank, Sioux City. In 1937, he continued his education at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating in 1939. He worked for Burroughs Adding Machine company form 1939 to 1942, first in the office and then in sales.

In 1940, he married Bernice I Sarver, and three children were born. When sales of machines were halted due to the war, Edmund went with Wincharger Corp, a division of Zenith Radio who manufactured dynamotors for the war effort. In 1946, a partnership was formed with his father and a local agency was purchased and combined with his fathers’ agency. The partnership was dissolved in 1969 after which he continued to operate with the help of his wife until 1977. In the meantime, search for relatives in Sweden and his father’s side and in Germany on his mother’s side resulted in a visit to them in 1977.

The oldest daughter, Betty, born in 1942, grew up in Sioux City, attended Morningside College for two years and graduated from Iowa State University in Ames with a degree in Home Economics in Education. She taught in Riverside High in Sioux City before her marriage to Eugene Prentice.

Daughter, Diane, was born in 1945, attended Sioux City Schools and graduated from Morningside College with a degree in Special Education. She teaches Trainable Retarded children in Dakota County, Nebraska.

Son, Thomas, attended Sioux City schools and upon graduation form East High, served with U S Naval Seebees for a five-year tour of duty with part of the time in Da Nang, during the conflict there. He returned to Sioux City, married Karen Jensen, of Jackson, Nebraska and went into manager training program with Kmart Corporation, serving in several stores, presently in Kansas City. Thomas has two children: Joel and Kristin.

Upon retirement Edmund has served with City Assessor Office and also census survey in 1980. His wife is currently enrolled in Morningside College German language class and works in the student’s Post Office on campus.