Individual Details
John F Bohlken
(18 Jul 1915 - 26 Jan 1965)
Events
| Birth | 18 Jul 1915 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Death | 26 Jan 1965 | University Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States |  | | |
| Burial | Oakwood Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Father | Tobias Rieken Bohlken (1884 - 1956) |
| Mother | Meta Katherina "Mattie" Burrack (1883 - 1918) |
| Sibling | George Heinrich Bohlken (1911 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Maria Theodora "Mary" Bohlken (1913 - 2003) |
Notes
Death
JOHN F. BOHLKENSCOTCH GROVE--Funeral ser vices for John Frederick Bohlken, 49, were held Saturday afternoon at
Wayne Zion Lutheran church, rural Monticello. The Rev. LutherWachholz officiated. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery, Monticello. Mr. Bohlken died Jan. 26 at University hospitals, Iowa City, following a short illness. He was born July 18, 1915 at Scotch Grove, the son of Tobias R. and Meta Burrack Bohlken. He spent his entire life in Scotch Grove township and was engaged in farming. He attended the rural schools of Jones county. He was a member of Wayne Zion church. He is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Elise Bohlken, rural Scotch Grove; one brother, George of Scotch Grove; one sister, Mrs. Ed (Mary) Saathoff, Mt. Vernon, and two step- sisters, Katherine of Scotch Grove, .and Mrs. Don (Irma Jean) Skelley, Monticello. He was preceded in death by his mother in 1918 and his father in 1956.
Burial
1184 John F Bohlken 7/18/1915 1/26/1965 s/o Tobias & Meta BohlkenEndnotes
1. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
2. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
3. "JOHN F. BOHLKEN," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 4 February 1965; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 17 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
4. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.