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** Margaret Elizabeth Leask Dunkerton '''+1922+''' (1913-1992 Waterloo, ON). Husband (1935 Waterloo, IA): Howard Glenroy Dunkerton (1911-1981 Waterloo, ON), son of John M. Dunkerton (b. 1880 Dunkerton, IA - d. 1951 Des Moines, IA) & Florence Josephine Matthews Dunkerton (b. 1878 Linn Co., KS; m. 1935 Waterloo, IA; d. 1965 Des Moines, IA). Their wedding was officiated by the pastor of Burton Ave. Baptist of Waterloo.
*** Margaret Lynne Dunkerton Ahrenholz (b. 1936 Waterloo, IA - '''d. 2020''' Wheaton, IL). Husband: Dr. Donald James Ahrenholz (b. 1934 Waterloo, IA - '''d. 2019''' Wheaton, IL), son of Uke Ahrenholz (b. 1890 Petkum, Germany - d. 1975 Waterloo, IA) & Tjaaktje Oudekerk Ahrenhoz (b. 1899 Midwolda, Netherlands - d. 1976 Waterloo, IA). Donald attended Drake University & [[Wheaton College]] and graduated from the University of Iowa college of medicine at Iowa City. Margaret graduated Allen Memorial Hospital Lutheran School of Nursing, and Wheaton College. As per his [https://www.newspapers.com/image/603853989 obit], after residencies at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines (general surgery) and Medical College of Wisconsin (plastic surgery), he entered practice in West Point, N.Y. (U.S. Military Academy), then Cedar Falls & Waterloo until retiring in 1998 to Wheaton, Illinois. He served as an elder in churches in Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Wheaton, and on the board of the [https://riverviewministries.com/cfbc/ Cedar Falls Bible Conference], helped bring Logos Bookstores to Cedar Falls, and was a founding member of the Young Life committee in Cedar Falls & Waterloo.
*** Douglas Howard Dunkerton (b. 1940 Waterloo, IA). Wife (1968 @ Downing Avenue Gospel Chapel, Waterloo, IA): Janice "Jan" Kay Ahrenholz, daughter of Henry Oscar Ahrenholz (b. 1921 Beaver, Grundy, IA - d. 1953 Waterloo, IA)) & Catherine Edith Hollopeter Ahrenholz (1922-1997 Waterloo, IA). Janice was a sister of Dr. Donald Ahrenholz (who married Douglas Dunkerton's sister Margaret). In 1968, Douglas was a math teacher at Hoover Junior High School, and Janice was a 2nd grade teacher at Washington Irving Elementary. Catherine Ahrenholz's mother was Mary Dawson Leask Hollopeter (b. 1889 Mason City, IA - d. 1975 Waterloo, IA), a daughter of William Leask, Sr. (1855-1940), who was Douglas Dunkerton's paternal great-grandfather.
** William "Mac" McLeod Leask (June 1915, lived one day)
** Grace Janette Leask '''+1922+''' (b. 1918 Waterloo, IA - d. 2008 Carol Stream, Chicago, DuPage, IL). As per her [https://www.newspapers.com/image/26987110 obit], Grace graduated from the [https://uni.edu/ University of Northern Iowa] with a bachelor's degree in teaching in 1940, and a master's degree in clothing and textiles from [https://msu.edu/ Michigan State University]. She taught high school in Milwaukee, [[Wisconsin]] for over 30 years, and was a longtime member of [[Wauwautosa Community Chapel, WI]], and [[Bethany Chapel, Wheaton, IL]]. She donated many hours to decorate and landscape at [https://www.covlivingwindsorpark.org/ Windsor Park Manor].
==Matthews family==
