BUCKENDAHL, Otto Charles Wilhelm

1900 - 1951  (50 years)

• Name	BUCKENDAHL, Otto Charles Wilhelm
  Birth	21 May 1900	Pierce, Nebraska, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Feb 1951	Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States
  	Cause: Car Stalled in a snowstorm
  Burial	Pierce, Nebraska, United States
  	Address: St. John's Cemetery
  Person ID	I3119	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Sporleder Family Tree (Ellen's Maternal)
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	BUCKENDAHL, Heinrich Christopher,   b. 27 Mar 1867, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany d. 16 Aug 1932 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	SPORLEDER, Caroline,   b. 4 Oct 1873, Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States d. 24 Sep 1941, Pierce, Nebraska, United States (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1890	Pierce, Pierce, Nebraska, United States
  	Address: St. John's Lutheran Church
  Family ID	F1092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HILGERT, Rose Elizabeth,   b. 26 May 1901   d. 23 Nov 1986, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	24 Sep 1922
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living   3. BUCKENDAHL, ???   d. DECEASED
  Family ID	F1097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  The Otto and Rose Hilgert Buckendahl Family Otto Charles Buckendahl was born May 21, 1900, in Pierce. He was baptized and as a youth was confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He graduated from high school and attended Concordia College at Steward, Nebraska. On September 24, 1922, Otto married Rose Hilgert who was born May 26, 1901. To this marriage was born Dale Edward on July 4, 1930. Also, a child was stillborn and another died in infancy. Otto had bookkeeping experience with the family's farm implement business in Pierce and worked for a variety of dealers trying to reorganize after the 1930's depression. Locations included Plainview, Sidney and Scottsbluff in Nebraska; Powell and Cheyenne in Wyoming; Sterling and Ft. Collins in Colorado. They lived in Scottsbluff when Otto died February 12, 1951, at the age of 49 when his car stalled in a snowstorm. Otto had gone to Cheyenne, Wyoming on a business trip and attempted to return home in the snowstorm. His car stalled and Otto tried to walk to a range house. His frozen body was found about a half mile from the house. Rose remained in Scottsbluff until 1955 when she moved to Boulder, Colorado to be near her son. She died in November 23, 1986, at the age of 85. Otto and Rose are buried in St. John's Cemetery east of Pierce.