SPORLEDER, Caroline

1873 - 1941  (67 years)

• Name	SPORLEDER, Caroline
  Nickname	Lena
  Birth	4 Oct 1873	Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Sep 1941	Pierce, Nebraska, United States
  Person ID	I3113	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Sporleder Family Tree (Ellen's Maternal)
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	SPORLEDER, Carl Friedreich Wilhelm,   b. 8 Jun 1848, Einbeck, Prowing, Hanover, Germany d. 1935, Pierce, Nebraska, United States (Age 86 years)
  Mother	BERENS, Johanna Dorothea Marie,   b. 2 Jan 1854, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany d. 18 Nov 1927, Pierce, Nebraska, United States (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1872	Will, Illinois, United States
  	Address: Joliet or Mokena
  Family ID	F1075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BUCKENDAHL, Heinrich Christopher,   b. 27 Mar 1867, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany d. 16 Aug 1932 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1890	Pierce, Pierce, Nebraska, United States
  	Address: St. John's Lutheran Church
  Children	+ 1. BUCKENDAHL, Lizetta Louise,   b. 29 Dec 1890, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. 22 Mar 1979, Pierce, Nebraska, United States (Age 88 years) + 2. BUCKENDAHL, Fritz Wilhelm,   b. 3 Sep 1893, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. May 1964, Pierce, Nebraska, United States (Age 70 years) + 3. BUCKENDAHL, Rosa Maria Sophia,   b. 14 Dec 1896, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. 11 May 1972, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 75 years) + 4. BUCKENDAHL, Hugo Albert Johann,   b. 30 Nov 1898, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. 13 Aug 1960, Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States (Age 61 years)   5. BUCKENDAHL, Ella Rose,   b. 21 May 1900, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. Yes, date unknown + 6. BUCKENDAHL, Otto Charles Wilhelm,   b. 21 May 1900, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. 21 Feb 1951, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States (Age 50 years) > 7. BUCKENDAHL, Carl Johann Herman,   b. 4 May 1902, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. 30 Apr 1980, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States (Age 77 years) + 8. BUCKENDAHL, Theodore Albert Heinrich,   b. 2 Aug 1904, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. 30 Oct 1992, Pierce, Nebraska, United States (Age 88 years) + 9. BUCKENDAHL, Edward Heinrich Carl,   b. 15 Jan 1907, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. 26 Jul 1969, Pierce, Nebraska, United States (Age 62 years) + 10. BUCKENDAHL, Ruben Reinhold,   b. 9 Oct 1911, Pierce, Nebraska, United States d. 24 Dec 1989, Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, United States (Age 78 years)   11. BUCKENDAHL, Donald,   b. 1917   d. DECEASED
  Family ID	F1092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Daughter Lena's Family and Her Descendants The Henry and Lena Sporleder Buckendahl Family Lena Sporleder was born October 4, 1873, at Joliet, Illinois. At age two, she moved with her parents to Carroll, Iowa. Later, they moved to Pierce. She attended school and was confirmed into the Lutheran faith at St. John's Lutheran School east of Pierce. Henry C. Buckendahl was born on March 27, 1867, at Hanover, Germany. He came to the United States with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buckendahl, when he was three years of age. Information from the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Henry Senior was born in 1837 and died in 1922. His wife was born in 1841 and died in 1914. The family initially lived in Omaha, Nebraska and then homesteaded a farm six miles east of Pierce. Henry and Lena were married on February 18, 1890, at St. John's Lutheran Church. To this marriage were born seven sons; Fritz Wilhelm (Fred), Carl, Hugo J., Otto, Theodore, Edward, and Ruben as well as two daughters, Lizzie and Rose. Henry and Lena purchased a homestead tract seven miles east of Pierce and farmed until 1907. They then moved to Pierce and engaged in the hardware and implement business. After serving on the Pierce city council, Henry was elected mayor for three terms. He served as the president of the Board of Directors of the Farmers Grain Company and the Pierce County Fair and Agricultural Association. He was a member of the Community Club. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Zion Lutheran Church. At the time of his death, the local newspaper's obituary noted he, "was a man of honor and integrity. He was square in his business dealings and to this fact might be attributed his success as a Pierce business man." Henry suffered from diabetes for a number of years and underwent surgery to amputate his left leg. The shock of the operation caused him to die of a heart attack on August 16, 1932, at the age of 64. Lena died September 24, 1941, at the age of 67. She had been of ill health for more than a year and died because of a heart condition as well as other complications.