Margarete was born 10 Mar 1905 in Niederrad, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany (Prussia), one of ten children, to Johann Friedrich and Emilie Paulina (Gebhard) Deusser. Johann was a master carpenter, with his own business, in Frankfurt a. Main.
She met Wilhelm A. Hueners in 1925, and they were married 3 Apr 1926. Their honeymoon was spent on a ship sailing for America, where they would make their new home in Ft. Wayne Allen, Indiana. There they had their first three children: William O., Estella M. L., and Fredrick A. she was proud of the fact that their first two sons were born on Easter Sunday in their respective years. Because of the hardships of the depression, and the many promises of Hitler she heard about in letters from family and friends, Margarete, took the three children and went back to Germany in the Fall of 1933. William followed in 1934. While in Germany, she and William had another son, Karl-Heinz.
Margarete loved her family very much, but with WWI, the upheaval during the Weimar Republic, and WWII, the family became very scattered. Two of her brothers were called to serve in the German military during WWII, and never heard from again. They are unofficially listed as MIA.
Near the end of the war, her youngest sister, married to a soldier and living in Berlin, also disappeared, and after some time was given up for dead. These were all great hardships for the family, and left Margarete with a deep sadness. As it turned out, when the Russians came into Berlin, they took her youngest sister as captive, and the many missing years were spent in Stalin's gulag camps. Miraculously, she managed to escape, and make her way back home again with a two year old son, but she was so emotionally scarred over her experiences, she would never discuss them with anyone.
I the the mid 1970's, Margarete was able to reconnect with her youngest sister, and began to make yearly trips back to Germany to visit with her, until her health no longer allowed her to travel.
Margarete was very talented in a variety of hand crafts, and had an extremely green thumb. The quality and variety of her needle work was greatly admired. She always had projects she was working on, and in the mid 1950's she started making ceramics, and floral arrangements, which she sold on commission. Her flowers, violets became her favorite, and needlework won many prizes at the county fairs, and Margarete kept the most beautiful flower beds. She was also an exceptional cook.
After William died, Margarete lived in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Rapid City, South Dakota, and later moved to Spearfish, South Dakota, where she died.
Margarete was survived by her children: Estella M. L. (Hueners) Hertel of Lead, S.D., Rev. Fredrick A. of St. Paul, Minn., and Karl-Heinz of Sacramento, Cal.; 11 grandchildren, and many great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William A.; one son, William O.; all of her siblings; grandchildren: Rita Ann Hertel, who died in infancy, and Roger Leonard Hertel, who died in 1977.
She met Wilhelm A. Hueners in 1925, and they were married 3 Apr 1926. Their honeymoon was spent on a ship sailing for America, where they would make their new home in Ft. Wayne Allen, Indiana. There they had their first three children: William O., Estella M. L., and Fredrick A. she was proud of the fact that their first two sons were born on Easter Sunday in their respective years. Because of the hardships of the depression, and the many promises of Hitler she heard about in letters from family and friends, Margarete, took the three children and went back to Germany in the Fall of 1933. William followed in 1934. While in Germany, she and William had another son, Karl-Heinz.
Margarete loved her family very much, but with WWI, the upheaval during the Weimar Republic, and WWII, the family became very scattered. Two of her brothers were called to serve in the German military during WWII, and never heard from again. They are unofficially listed as MIA.
Near the end of the war, her youngest sister, married to a soldier and living in Berlin, also disappeared, and after some time was given up for dead. These were all great hardships for the family, and left Margarete with a deep sadness. As it turned out, when the Russians came into Berlin, they took her youngest sister as captive, and the many missing years were spent in Stalin's gulag camps. Miraculously, she managed to escape, and make her way back home again with a two year old son, but she was so emotionally scarred over her experiences, she would never discuss them with anyone.
I the the mid 1970's, Margarete was able to reconnect with her youngest sister, and began to make yearly trips back to Germany to visit with her, until her health no longer allowed her to travel.
Margarete was very talented in a variety of hand crafts, and had an extremely green thumb. The quality and variety of her needle work was greatly admired. She always had projects she was working on, and in the mid 1950's she started making ceramics, and floral arrangements, which she sold on commission. Her flowers, violets became her favorite, and needlework won many prizes at the county fairs, and Margarete kept the most beautiful flower beds. She was also an exceptional cook.
After William died, Margarete lived in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Rapid City, South Dakota, and later moved to Spearfish, South Dakota, where she died.
Margarete was survived by her children: Estella M. L. (Hueners) Hertel of Lead, S.D., Rev. Fredrick A. of St. Paul, Minn., and Karl-Heinz of Sacramento, Cal.; 11 grandchildren, and many great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William A.; one son, William O.; all of her siblings; grandchildren: Rita Ann Hertel, who died in infancy, and Roger Leonard Hertel, who died in 1977.
Margarete was born 10 Mar 1905 in Niederrad, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany (Prussia), one of ten children, to Johann Friedrich and Emilie Paulina (Gebhard) Deusser. Johann was a master carpenter, with his own business, in Frankfurt a. Main.
She met Wilhelm A. Hueners in 1925, and they were married 3 Apr 1926. Their honeymoon was spent on a ship sailing for America, where they would make their new home in Ft. Wayne Allen, Indiana. There they had their first three children: William O., Estella M. L., and Fredrick A. she was proud of the fact that their first two sons were born on Easter Sunday in their respective years. Because of the hardships of the depression, and the many promises of Hitler she heard about in letters from family and friends, Margarete, took the three children and went back to Germany in the Fall of 1933. William followed in 1934. While in Germany, she and William had another son, Karl-Heinz.
Margarete loved her family very much, but with WWI, the upheaval during the Weimar Republic, and WWII, the family became very scattered. Two of her brothers were called to serve in the German military during WWII, and never heard from again. They are unofficially listed as MIA.
Near the end of the war, her youngest sister, married to a soldier and living in Berlin, also disappeared, and after some time was given up for dead. These were all great hardships for the family, and left Margarete with a deep sadness. As it turned out, when the Russians came into Berlin, they took her youngest sister as captive, and the many missing years were spent in Stalin's gulag camps. Miraculously, she managed to escape, and make her way back home again with a two year old son, but she was so emotionally scarred over her experiences, she would never discuss them with anyone.
I the the mid 1970's, Margarete was able to reconnect with her youngest sister, and began to make yearly trips back to Germany to visit with her, until her health no longer allowed her to travel.
Margarete was very talented in a variety of hand crafts, and had an extremely green thumb. The quality and variety of her needle work was greatly admired. She always had projects she was working on, and in the mid 1950's she started making ceramics, and floral arrangements, which she sold on commission. Her flowers, violets became her favorite, and needlework won many prizes at the county fairs, and Margarete kept the most beautiful flower beds. She was also an exceptional cook.
After William died, Margarete lived in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Rapid City, South Dakota, and later moved to Spearfish, South Dakota, where she died.
Margarete was survived by her children: Estella M. L. (Hueners) Hertel of Lead, S.D., Rev. Fredrick A. of St. Paul, Minn., and Karl-Heinz of Sacramento, Cal.; 11 grandchildren, and many great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William A.; one son, William O.; all of her siblings; grandchildren: Rita Ann Hertel, who died in infancy, and Roger Leonard Hertel, who died in 1977.
She met Wilhelm A. Hueners in 1925, and they were married 3 Apr 1926. Their honeymoon was spent on a ship sailing for America, where they would make their new home in Ft. Wayne Allen, Indiana. There they had their first three children: William O., Estella M. L., and Fredrick A. she was proud of the fact that their first two sons were born on Easter Sunday in their respective years. Because of the hardships of the depression, and the many promises of Hitler she heard about in letters from family and friends, Margarete, took the three children and went back to Germany in the Fall of 1933. William followed in 1934. While in Germany, she and William had another son, Karl-Heinz.
Margarete loved her family very much, but with WWI, the upheaval during the Weimar Republic, and WWII, the family became very scattered. Two of her brothers were called to serve in the German military during WWII, and never heard from again. They are unofficially listed as MIA.
Near the end of the war, her youngest sister, married to a soldier and living in Berlin, also disappeared, and after some time was given up for dead. These were all great hardships for the family, and left Margarete with a deep sadness. As it turned out, when the Russians came into Berlin, they took her youngest sister as captive, and the many missing years were spent in Stalin's gulag camps. Miraculously, she managed to escape, and make her way back home again with a two year old son, but she was so emotionally scarred over her experiences, she would never discuss them with anyone.
I the the mid 1970's, Margarete was able to reconnect with her youngest sister, and began to make yearly trips back to Germany to visit with her, until her health no longer allowed her to travel.
Margarete was very talented in a variety of hand crafts, and had an extremely green thumb. The quality and variety of her needle work was greatly admired. She always had projects she was working on, and in the mid 1950's she started making ceramics, and floral arrangements, which she sold on commission. Her flowers, violets became her favorite, and needlework won many prizes at the county fairs, and Margarete kept the most beautiful flower beds. She was also an exceptional cook.
After William died, Margarete lived in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Rapid City, South Dakota, and later moved to Spearfish, South Dakota, where she died.
Margarete was survived by her children: Estella M. L. (Hueners) Hertel of Lead, S.D., Rev. Fredrick A. of St. Paul, Minn., and Karl-Heinz of Sacramento, Cal.; 11 grandchildren, and many great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William A.; one son, William O.; all of her siblings; grandchildren: Rita Ann Hertel, who died in infancy, and Roger Leonard Hertel, who died in 1977.
