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Charles Frederick Lindauer II

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Charles Frederick Lindauer II

Birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Death
12 Sep 2005 (aged 86)
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
Burial
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Charles Frederick Lindauer II (1919-2005) was a negotiator for the Garden State Parkway Project in New Jersey. He was a real estate broker in New Jersey and a public relations director for Murphy and West Law Firm in Los Angeles, California. (b. January 26, 1919, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. September 12, 2005, 826 Cortez Avenue, Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, 32159-3054, USA) Social Security Number 152058853.

Birth:
He was the son of Oscar Arthur Lindauer (1873-1948) and Jennie Jane Louise Courter (1879-1963).

Siblings:
John Howard Lindauer I (1905-1954) who worked as a radio engineer in 1930 and was later a television engineer for RCA; Florence Elizabeth Lindauer (1907-1967) who worked as a keypunch operator in a fire insurance company in 1930, and married Charles James Cull II (1903-1976); Natalie Jean Lindauer (1910-1996) who married Alfred Richardson (1901-1953) and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and died in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Engagement:
The Misses Becht Announce Engagements. Mr. and Mrs. William Pfannkoch, of 173 Randolph Avenue, have announced the engagement of their nieces, Misses Adele Elizabeth and Agnes Viola Becht. Miss Adele's fiance is Charles Lindauer, son or Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lindauer, 163 Arlington Avenue, and Miss Agnes is engaged to Charles Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Becker, 211 ...den Avenue. (Source: Jersey Journal on August 1, 1940)

First marriage:
He married Adele Elizabeth Becht around 1941. They divorced in 1954.

Children:
They had two children: Richard Lindauer; and Douglas Lindauer. Charles never kept in touch with his children after the divorce. After his ex-wife died Richard looked for his father and after 47 years they were briefly reunited until Charles died in 2005.

Garden State Parkway scandal:
Lindauer Is Suspended By Highway Authority. Red Bank, New Jersey; July 21, 1955 (Associated Press) The suspension of Charles F. Lindauer of Paterson, supervisor of appraisals and negotiations, was announced today by the New Jersey Highway Authority, operator of the Garden State Parkway. The authority said the suspension would be in effect "until certain aspects of administrative procedures with in the right of way division have been clarified." Lindauer, who has been with the authority since February, 1954, was not immediately available for comment. His suspension was ordered by acting Executive Director D. Louis Tonti Monday, an authority spokesman said, on the recommendation of the authority's general attorney, Theodore Geiser, and with the approval of a special committee appointed by the director, to review certain administrative matters. "The authority will take no further action at this time beyond ratification of the interim measures put into effect by the acting director to maintain the routine business of the right of way division, but will await a full report when review is concluded", the authority members said in a statement issued after their regular semi-monthly meeting here. The Right of Way Division takes charge of appraising land and property and negotiating for property in connection with, the parkway construction. Tonti said he had offered to hold a public hearing for Lindauer August 4 and that Lindauer wanted to discuss the matter with his own attorney before accepting. Lindauer started with the authority as an appraiser in 1953 and has been supervisor of appraisals and negotiations since August, 1954. (Source: The Morning Call of Paterson, New Jersey on 22 July 1955)

Divorce:
Lindauer's Wife Asks Divorce. Mrs. Adele Elizabeth Lindauer, wife of Charles Lindauer. who resigned under fire as head of the New Jersey Highway Authority's right-of-way division today filed suit for divorce. She charged that Lindauer made her watch psychological TV plays against her will. Mrs. Lindauer, who lives at 215 Beverly Hill Road, Clifton, filed the suit in the Passaic County clerks office. She gave Lindauers residence as the Paterson YMCA. Lindauer was suspended two months ago pending an investigation of his activities in the, right-of-way division of the authority, which built and operates the Garden State Parkway. He resigned rather than face a public hearing and no specific charges ever were made public. Mrs. Lindauer charged her husband with extreme cruelty from 1942, a year after they were married, until 1954. She said he goaded her by saying she was out of her mind and forced her to watch psychological television plays. At his suggestion, she said, they visited a psychiatrist who told them they both need treatment he even more than she. Mrs. Lindauer also accused her husband of choking and punching her and threatening her life. (Source: The Herald-News of Passaic, New Jersey on 19 September 1955)

Arrears in alimony:
Lindauer Sought For Back Alimony. Paterson, New Jersey. A warrant is out for Charles Lindauer, former official of the New Jersey Highway Authority, for owing $505 for support of his ex-wife, Adele, of Clifton and their children. Last week Superior Court Judge William A. Hegarty held Lindauer was in contempt of court for being $505 in arrears in his $35 a week alimony payments. Last October Lindauer paid $550 of a balance owed of $1,055. The warrant means he may be jailed until the $505 remaining is paid. Lindauer's address is given as 292 Governor Street, Paterson. (Source: The Herald-News of Passaic, New Jersey on 29 January 1958)

Second marriage:
He married Gloria X (1929- ) after 1955.

Obituary:
The Villages — Charles F. 'Chuck-L' Lindauer, 86, died Monday, September 12, 2005. Mr. Lindauer was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and moved to this area from Los Angeles, California, in 1994. He was a negotiator for the Garden State Parkway Project in New Jersey; a real estate broker in New Jersey; public relations director for Murphy and West Law Firm in Los Angeles; member of Community United Methodist Church of Fruitland Park, member of Lady Lake Elks Club, past president of The Villages New Jersey Club, The Villages Western States Club, The Orange Blossom Gardens Squares; and former vice president of the LAPD Community Council. Survivors include his wife, Gloria; sons Richard, Stroudberg, Pennsylvania, Douglas, Roan Mount, Tennessee; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Mr. Lindauer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 16, at Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, Lady Lake. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the funeral home. Interment will be at Lady Lake Cemetery following the funeral services Friday. Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, Lady Lake, is in charge of arrangements.

Memories about Charles Frederick Lindauer II:
Gloria said on June 25, 2006: "Charlie didn't get along with the rest of the family, the ones that I have met were all self-centered. Charlie has a son, Richard, in Washington, DC. Jack Lindauer was his brother, or John Lindauer. Charles and I were married over 50 years. Jack had three children: Thayer Lindauer, or Ted Lindauer who lived in California; and Jack or John Lindauer, Jr.; and a daughter. I have been sick since April 03, 2006. I had surgery on my kidney for a stone. Charlie's dad died around 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey." Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) wrote on June 25, 2006: "Up until his death he still would hang up the phone on me every time I called. I had to wait till he died to be able to talk to his family. I searched the death index every year, and finally on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 3:25 am, I found him dead in the death index. I called his widow the same day in the afternoon and she told me that she saved the papers that I sent to him, even though her husband told her to throw them away."

Relationship:
Charles Frederick Lindauer (1919-2005) was the second cousin, twice removed of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).

Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on December 4, 2004. Updated on October 6, 2019 with information from various newspaper articles on his life.

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Charles Frederick Lindauer II (1919-2005) was a negotiator for the Garden State Parkway Project in New Jersey. He was a real estate broker in New Jersey and a public relations director for Murphy and West Law Firm in Los Angeles, California. (b. January 26, 1919, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. September 12, 2005, 826 Cortez Avenue, Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, 32159-3054, USA) Social Security Number 152058853.

Birth:
He was the son of Oscar Arthur Lindauer (1873-1948) and Jennie Jane Louise Courter (1879-1963).

Siblings:
John Howard Lindauer I (1905-1954) who worked as a radio engineer in 1930 and was later a television engineer for RCA; Florence Elizabeth Lindauer (1907-1967) who worked as a keypunch operator in a fire insurance company in 1930, and married Charles James Cull II (1903-1976); Natalie Jean Lindauer (1910-1996) who married Alfred Richardson (1901-1953) and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and died in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Engagement:
The Misses Becht Announce Engagements. Mr. and Mrs. William Pfannkoch, of 173 Randolph Avenue, have announced the engagement of their nieces, Misses Adele Elizabeth and Agnes Viola Becht. Miss Adele's fiance is Charles Lindauer, son or Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lindauer, 163 Arlington Avenue, and Miss Agnes is engaged to Charles Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Becker, 211 ...den Avenue. (Source: Jersey Journal on August 1, 1940)

First marriage:
He married Adele Elizabeth Becht around 1941. They divorced in 1954.

Children:
They had two children: Richard Lindauer; and Douglas Lindauer. Charles never kept in touch with his children after the divorce. After his ex-wife died Richard looked for his father and after 47 years they were briefly reunited until Charles died in 2005.

Garden State Parkway scandal:
Lindauer Is Suspended By Highway Authority. Red Bank, New Jersey; July 21, 1955 (Associated Press) The suspension of Charles F. Lindauer of Paterson, supervisor of appraisals and negotiations, was announced today by the New Jersey Highway Authority, operator of the Garden State Parkway. The authority said the suspension would be in effect "until certain aspects of administrative procedures with in the right of way division have been clarified." Lindauer, who has been with the authority since February, 1954, was not immediately available for comment. His suspension was ordered by acting Executive Director D. Louis Tonti Monday, an authority spokesman said, on the recommendation of the authority's general attorney, Theodore Geiser, and with the approval of a special committee appointed by the director, to review certain administrative matters. "The authority will take no further action at this time beyond ratification of the interim measures put into effect by the acting director to maintain the routine business of the right of way division, but will await a full report when review is concluded", the authority members said in a statement issued after their regular semi-monthly meeting here. The Right of Way Division takes charge of appraising land and property and negotiating for property in connection with, the parkway construction. Tonti said he had offered to hold a public hearing for Lindauer August 4 and that Lindauer wanted to discuss the matter with his own attorney before accepting. Lindauer started with the authority as an appraiser in 1953 and has been supervisor of appraisals and negotiations since August, 1954. (Source: The Morning Call of Paterson, New Jersey on 22 July 1955)

Divorce:
Lindauer's Wife Asks Divorce. Mrs. Adele Elizabeth Lindauer, wife of Charles Lindauer. who resigned under fire as head of the New Jersey Highway Authority's right-of-way division today filed suit for divorce. She charged that Lindauer made her watch psychological TV plays against her will. Mrs. Lindauer, who lives at 215 Beverly Hill Road, Clifton, filed the suit in the Passaic County clerks office. She gave Lindauers residence as the Paterson YMCA. Lindauer was suspended two months ago pending an investigation of his activities in the, right-of-way division of the authority, which built and operates the Garden State Parkway. He resigned rather than face a public hearing and no specific charges ever were made public. Mrs. Lindauer charged her husband with extreme cruelty from 1942, a year after they were married, until 1954. She said he goaded her by saying she was out of her mind and forced her to watch psychological television plays. At his suggestion, she said, they visited a psychiatrist who told them they both need treatment he even more than she. Mrs. Lindauer also accused her husband of choking and punching her and threatening her life. (Source: The Herald-News of Passaic, New Jersey on 19 September 1955)

Arrears in alimony:
Lindauer Sought For Back Alimony. Paterson, New Jersey. A warrant is out for Charles Lindauer, former official of the New Jersey Highway Authority, for owing $505 for support of his ex-wife, Adele, of Clifton and their children. Last week Superior Court Judge William A. Hegarty held Lindauer was in contempt of court for being $505 in arrears in his $35 a week alimony payments. Last October Lindauer paid $550 of a balance owed of $1,055. The warrant means he may be jailed until the $505 remaining is paid. Lindauer's address is given as 292 Governor Street, Paterson. (Source: The Herald-News of Passaic, New Jersey on 29 January 1958)

Second marriage:
He married Gloria X (1929- ) after 1955.

Obituary:
The Villages — Charles F. 'Chuck-L' Lindauer, 86, died Monday, September 12, 2005. Mr. Lindauer was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and moved to this area from Los Angeles, California, in 1994. He was a negotiator for the Garden State Parkway Project in New Jersey; a real estate broker in New Jersey; public relations director for Murphy and West Law Firm in Los Angeles; member of Community United Methodist Church of Fruitland Park, member of Lady Lake Elks Club, past president of The Villages New Jersey Club, The Villages Western States Club, The Orange Blossom Gardens Squares; and former vice president of the LAPD Community Council. Survivors include his wife, Gloria; sons Richard, Stroudberg, Pennsylvania, Douglas, Roan Mount, Tennessee; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Mr. Lindauer will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 16, at Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, Lady Lake. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the funeral home. Interment will be at Lady Lake Cemetery following the funeral services Friday. Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services, Lady Lake, is in charge of arrangements.

Memories about Charles Frederick Lindauer II:
Gloria said on June 25, 2006: "Charlie didn't get along with the rest of the family, the ones that I have met were all self-centered. Charlie has a son, Richard, in Washington, DC. Jack Lindauer was his brother, or John Lindauer. Charles and I were married over 50 years. Jack had three children: Thayer Lindauer, or Ted Lindauer who lived in California; and Jack or John Lindauer, Jr.; and a daughter. I have been sick since April 03, 2006. I had surgery on my kidney for a stone. Charlie's dad died around 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey." Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) wrote on June 25, 2006: "Up until his death he still would hang up the phone on me every time I called. I had to wait till he died to be able to talk to his family. I searched the death index every year, and finally on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 3:25 am, I found him dead in the death index. I called his widow the same day in the afternoon and she told me that she saved the papers that I sent to him, even though her husband told her to throw them away."

Relationship:
Charles Frederick Lindauer (1919-2005) was the second cousin, twice removed of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).

Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on December 4, 2004. Updated on October 6, 2019 with information from various newspaper articles on his life.

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