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Hi all,
I found this obituary in the Obits forum at
GenealogyBuff.com
http://www.genealogybuff.com/uco/
Samuel Dwight Caldwell
Samuel D. Caldwell, former Osceolan, died March 14, 2002, at the Don and Marilyn Anderson
Hospice Care Center in Madison, Wis. He was 89.
He was born July 18, 1912, in Chicago to Isaac and Esther Caldwell. They were students at
Moody Bible Institute.
Mr. Caldwell graduated valedictorian of the Osceola High School class of 1930. His father
was pastor of the M.P. (Methodist Protestant) Church in Osceola during the late 1920s and
early 1930s. The church, long gone now, was located on the east side of Main Street about
a block south of the railroad tracks. The church along with other protestant churches in
town held Revival Meetings for a week every year.
He graduated from Wheaton College and headed for St. Louis, Mo. to marry his college
sweetheart, Lucille. He had hoped to support his wife as a chemistry teacher, but found
himself digging ditches and learning how to build a house from his father-in-law.
In 1976, the couple moved to Madison, joined Covenant Presbyterian Church and continued to
host international students through Madison Friends of International Students until Mrs.
Caldwell died in 1987.
For 23 years after "retiring" Mr. Caldwell worked with the Meridian Group,
staying in touch with the 250 employees through his personal correspondence.
In 1994, he met Emma Myer at Attic Angel Tower and they were married on Aug. 11, 1994.
Preceding him in death, in addition to his first wife of 51 years, was his sister,
Margaret.
Mr. Caldwell is survived by his wife, Emma of Madison; two daughters, Norma Madsen and her
husband, Doug Madsen, of Madison and Suzanne Marshall and her husband, John Marshall, of
Olympia, Wash.; two sons, John Caldwell and his wife, Mary Caldwell, of Castro Valley,
Calif. and Burt Caldwell and his wife, Diane Caldwell, of San Luis Obispo, Calif.; 11
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Marion Craig and Ruth Peterson of
Carol Stream, Ill.; two brothers, Gordon Caldwell and his wife, Mary Caldwell, of Houston,
Texas and Paul Caldwell and his wife, Ruth Caldwell, of Carbondale, Ill.
A memorial service was held March 23, 2002 at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison.
Memorial contributions may be made to the endowment fund he hoped to establish: Hospice
Care Staff Continuing Education Endowment Fund, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway, Madison, Wis.
53711.
Other Caldwell data can be found at
http://www.genealogybuff.com/data.htm#Caldwell
Hope this helps.
Bill
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