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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Campbell County, S.Dak.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Kundert — of near Java, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CB-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, S.Dak.; Mound City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CB-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Neu Berlin, Russia (now Worobeyeva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UP-born.html">Ukraine</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/07-26.html">July 26, 1888</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1937-42 (41st District 1937-38, 40th District 1939-42). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">Volga German</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a>, in Mound City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CB-died.html">Campbell County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/01-09.html">January 9, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 167 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Kundert and Elizabeth (Schock) Kundert; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/02-11.html">February 11, 1913</a>, to Maria Riefer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#358.64.68">Gustav O. Kundert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#542.20.36">Alice Kundert</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/22442.html">Kundert family</a> of Mound City, South Dakota.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74571444">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09086">Mound City Cemetery</a> Mound City, Campbell County, South Dakota <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alice Kundert (1920-2013) — of South Dakota. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CB-born.html">Campbell County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/07-23.html">July 23, 1920</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/aud.html">South Dakota state auditor</a>, 1969-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of South Dakota</a>, 1979-86; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1986; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a>, 1991-94. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">Volga German</a> ancestry. Died, in Mobridge Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Mobridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-died.html">Walworth County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/06-10.html">June 10, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at Mound City Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#216.22.13">Otto John Kundert</a> and Maria (Rieger) Kundert; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#358.64.68">Gustav O. Kundert</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/22442.html">Kundert family</a> of Mound City, South Dakota.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/095/000367988">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/112117744">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gustav O. Kundert (1913-2000) — also known as Gust Kundert — of Mound City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CB-lived.html">Campbell County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Java, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/WA-born.html">Walworth County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/12-07.html">December 7, 1913</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 25th District, 1983-88. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">Volga German</a> ancestry. Died in Yorkville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KE-died.html">Kendall County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/03-23.html">March 23, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Mound City Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#216.22.13">Otto John Kundert</a> and Maria (Rieger) Kundert; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#542.20.36">Alice Kundert</a>; married to Minnie Mahling.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/22442.html">Kundert family</a> of Mound City, South Dakota.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "The Prodigal Son"</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74670842">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CB-buried.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CB-buried.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>