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- Lived in Sumner, Iowa. Last name could be DANKELBURG or DUNKELBURG or DUNKLEBERG.
Bert C. Dunkelberg, the youngest child of Solomon and Caroline Dunkelberg, was born at Pendleton, Niagara County, New York, on December 24th, 1863, and passed away at his home in Sumner on November 7th, 1927, at the age of 63 years, 8 months and 13 days. When he was fourteen years old the family moved to Iowa and located on a farm in Blackhawk County near Waterloo. Waterloo has since been the family home. The elementary education which started by the boy in New York was continued in Waterloo and he graduated from the East Waterloo High School. He also attended the Prairie Home Seminary, a private school in Waterloo, and later attended the State University of Iowa, at Iowa City, where he graduated from the medical college in 1889.
He was married Dec. 31, 1891 to Alice E. Perrott who survives him. Dr. Dunkelberg practiced first at Schaller, Iowa where he lived for about ten years. Falling this he came to Tipoli in Bremer county and after 9 years there, came to Sumner which has been his home for the past 19 years. as a young man at Schaller, Dr. Dunkelberg joined the Methodist Church and a few years ago transferred his membership to the Sumner church. He also was made a Mason in Schaller, on July 12, 1890, later transferring his membership to Lookout Lodge in Sumner, of which he has been a faithful and interested member.
His last illness has been over a period of Several years. About five years ago, he was confined to his home throught the entire winter, where many an anxious vigil was kept at his bedside when it seemed that he could not live through the night. But his strong constitution to live brought him through the crisis and while he was in a semi-invalid condition he was again able to spend a portion of each day at his office and for three years has seldom missed an afternoon in winter or in summer. From his own knowledge he realized the seriousness of his own condition, but he was unafraid nor did he complain at the affliction which had befallen him. His end came as he had hoped it would, suddenly, when he was preparing to spend an afternoon at his office with his beloved books and in the familiar scenes which he had know for over a quarter of a century. He died, as he had lived, in the harness. In addition to the wife, he is survived by on son, Elmer and wife of Omaha, Neb., a daughter Helen of Des Moines, a brother Dr. E.E. Dunkelberg, of Wolf Creek Wis., two grandchildren and many other relatives. To those who knew him best Dr. Dunkelberg was an unuseual character. His early training, his education, and his own mental disicinline produced in him qualities which were not common to the average man. A school teacher in his younger days and always interested in the intellectual life of the community he was familiar with those essentials which are necessary to a well-rounded useful life. Mental vigor made him an adept in the community debates which characterized the social life of the early nineties, and many a spelling bee found him among the last ones on the floor. Dr. Dunkelberg attacked the problems of this profession with the same vigor which characterized his other activities. Here again his studious nature asserted itself, and the idle moments in his office were spent in research which was invaluable in the conduct of his practice. the country doctor of the last decade sis not have an easy life, but it was one which was productive of genuine sympathy and sturdy character. Dr. Dunkelberg took great pride in his home. through his kindly counsel he directed the foot-steps of his children in the paths of useful- service, and the interest has never lagged in the years which followed their subsequent engagement in the affairs of life. And in the later years the grandchildren came as a source of comfort and hope through the trying months of illness and despair.
To those who were his friends, Dr. Dunkelberg was a friend indeed. For them he held a genuine concern, and even though a kindly heart was oft times hidden by a gruff exterior, he could be depended on for helpful counsel. and invaluable assistance when its need was greatest. Those finer instincts of the soul there in man makes his peace with God were not lacking in his character. His faith was of the substantial kind which grows out of ordered reasoning and intelligent understanding, and he passed into the Valley of the Shadow not with the belief, but with the knowledge, that it was not the end. Dr. Dunkelberg sleeps but he is not dead. the influence of his life will manifest itself through the years to come. And he is deserving of the highest tribute that can be paid to any mortal man. The world in which he lived, his home and his community , has been made better by his life. The Sumner Gazette, Thursday, November 10, 1927.
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1863 - 1927 (63 years)
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