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- OSAGE, IOWA — Albert Gibbs Dunkelberg, 81, of Osage died Tuesday (Dec. 9, 2003) at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage. Albert was born at Hull, Iowa on June 29, 1922, the son of Elmer Cornelius and Mildred (Gibbs) Dunkelberg.
As a child, he lived in Hull, Storm Lake, Creighton, Fremont and Omaha, Neb. He attended junior high and high school while living at Alton, Iowa, and graduated from Alton High School in 1940.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1941 as an Apprentice Seaman, and served in the Atlantic, American, and Pacific Theaters in World War II as an aviation machinist's mate in an escort fighter squadron at sea and on shore stations. He was honorably discharged in 1946 as a Chief Petty Officer.
Dunkelberg contracted poliomyelitis shortly after his discharge from the Navy and was hospitalized in Chicago for many months. Upon leaving Chicago, he attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from Drake Law School in June, 1952.
He was married Sept. 7, 1950, at Millersburg, Iowa, to Leone Kathryn Schultz, a nurse at Veteran's Hospital in Des Moines. They moved to Osage, Iowa, on Feb. 14, 1953, where he entered the private practice of law and she was employed as a nurse at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital.
Later in 1953, he joined Joseph H. Sams in the law partnership of Sams & Dunkelberg which he continued until the death of Mr. Sams in 1966. He then formed a partnership with Keith A. McKinley which was joined by Jerry H. Folkers in 1968, Bryan H. McKinley in 1977 and Mark Walk in 1992. He retired from the practice in September 1994.
Active in community affairs, Dunkelberg served as city treasurer for 34 years, was a member and past president of the Osage Chamber of Commerce, a charter member and the first president of the Kiwanis Club of Osage, which he also served seven years as secretary. He served a number of terms on the Mitchell County Soldier's Relief Commission, was a member of the board of directors of Osage Farmers National Bank for 30 years and a life member of Osage Post 278 of the American Legion where he served 40 years as finance officer.
Al was baptized as an adult at Osage Lutheran Church, now Our Savior's Lutheran Church, in 1954, and was an active member there, having served as president of the congregation, twice as secretary of the congregation, seven years as a Sunday school teacher and on various boards and committees.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery with Military Rites by Osage American Legion Post 278. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage and one hour before services on Monday at the church. Memorials may be given to Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 833 Ash St., Osage, Iowa; Mitchell County Memorial Foundation, 616 N. 8th St., Osage, Iowa, or the charity of donor's choice.
He is survived by his wife, Leone Dunkelberg of Osage; one daughter, Kathryn Lucero and her husband Rudy of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sons, Kermit G. Dunkelberg and Kim Mancuso of Ashfield, Mass., Kendall A. Dunkelberg and Kim Whitehead of Columbus, Miss.; four grandchildren, Elizabeth Lucero, Michael Lucero, Zoe M. Dunkelberg and Aidan W. Dunkelberg; two foreign exchange student "sons": George Ulrich, wife Judith and son. Joshua of Venice, Italy, Jon Mangersnes, wife Sissel and children Maria, Birgit and Lars of Stavanger, Norway; one sister, Marion Mulvihill of Seattle, Wash.; one brother, Peter Dunkelberg of Orlando, Fla.; brothers-in-law, Arthur Schultz and wife Norma of Centerville, Ohio, and David Schultz and wife Darlene of Humboldt; sister-in-law, Gertrude Roorda, of Boone; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister-in-law, Marilyn Piepenbrink; and her husband, Ray Piepenbrink; brother-in -law, Francis Mulvihill.
Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, [Mason City Glopbe Gazette, Dec. 16, 2003]
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