Heart Not So Weak, Man Shows as Train Hurls Him 30 Feet.
"Traverse City: April 23,1929 Charles Denstaedt, 69 years old and Traverse Couny farmer, has been under a physician's care for heart trouble, but when neighbors pulled him from the wreckage after a freight train struck his automobile this morning he showed the toughest heart in the lot.
"Gosh, I didn't see the thing comming" he smiled when he recovered unsciousness.
He smoked his pipe and joked with the physicians who were bandaging his cuts and setting a broken leg before the ambulance arrived. His car was demolished and Denstaedt was thrown 30 feet."
Please note that the last name has two spellings: Densteadt and Denstaedt-they are one and the same family.
Traverse City Record Eagle, 8 July 1929
C. A. Densteadt Funeral Today
69-year-old Williamsburg resident victim of heart trouble
Charles Augustus Densteadt, 69 years old, passed away at Williamsburg Saturday night at 9:30. Mr. Densteadt moved to Williamsburg from Detroit about 17 years ago, which had since been his home.
Left to mourn their loss are eight children, Mrs. Clarence Gilbert of Yuba, Mrs. E. A. Moore, Mrs. Grace Clark, Mrs. Esther Smith of Detroit, Mrs.Estella Wimple (sic) of Lansing, Mrs. Homer Brown of Grand Rapids, and Chris and Charles Jr., of Bates. One son Herman passed away Oct. 16, 1923.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at three o'clock at the H. L.Weaver Funeral Home, and burial was made in the family lot at Oakwood cemetery. Rev. Mr. Birdsall of Williamsburg officiated.
Charles died at age 69y 5m 2d and divorced.
Heart Not So Weak, Man Shows as Train Hurls Him 30 Feet.
"Traverse City: April 23,1929 Charles Denstaedt, 69 years old and Traverse Couny farmer, has been under a physician's care for heart trouble, but when neighbors pulled him from the wreckage after a freight train struck his automobile this morning he showed the toughest heart in the lot.
"Gosh, I didn't see the thing comming" he smiled when he recovered unsciousness.
He smoked his pipe and joked with the physicians who were bandaging his cuts and setting a broken leg before the ambulance arrived. His car was demolished and Denstaedt was thrown 30 feet."
Please note that the last name has two spellings: Densteadt and Denstaedt-they are one and the same family.
Traverse City Record Eagle, 8 July 1929
C. A. Densteadt Funeral Today
69-year-old Williamsburg resident victim of heart trouble
Charles Augustus Densteadt, 69 years old, passed away at Williamsburg Saturday night at 9:30. Mr. Densteadt moved to Williamsburg from Detroit about 17 years ago, which had since been his home.
Left to mourn their loss are eight children, Mrs. Clarence Gilbert of Yuba, Mrs. E. A. Moore, Mrs. Grace Clark, Mrs. Esther Smith of Detroit, Mrs.Estella Wimple (sic) of Lansing, Mrs. Homer Brown of Grand Rapids, and Chris and Charles Jr., of Bates. One son Herman passed away Oct. 16, 1923.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at three o'clock at the H. L.Weaver Funeral Home, and burial was made in the family lot at Oakwood cemetery. Rev. Mr. Birdsall of Williamsburg officiated.
Charles died at age 69y 5m 2d and divorced.
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"Father / Charles Denstaedt"
Family Members
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Mamie Rosetta Denstaedt Gilbert
1883–1968
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Florence Emolia "Flora" Denstaedt Moore
1885–1975
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Herman James Densteadt
1887–1923
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Christian Ansley Densteadt
1889–1965
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Grace Clare Denstaedt Clayton
1891–1978
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Estelle Marie "Stella" Denstaedt Smith
1893–1985
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Leone Elizabeth Denstaedt Brown
1895–1933
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Esther Fredericka Denstaedt Smith
1897–1974
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Charles Otto Denstaedt
1900–1977
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