Individual Details
Gerhard Aufrich "Alfred" Folkerts
(4 Mar 1878 - 7 Jul 1956)
Events
| Birth | 4 Mar 1878 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Leerhafe |  | ||
| Marriage | 2 Feb 1905 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Maria Johanna "Mary" Helgens | | ||
| Census (family) | 1925 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Maria Johanna "Mary" Helgens |  | | |
| Death | 7 Jul 1956 | John McDonald Hospital, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Burial | 10 Jul 1956 | Oakwood Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Maria Johanna "Mary" Helgens (1888 - ) |
| Child | George W Folkerts (1912 - ) |
| Child | Johanna Marie "Hannah" Folkerts (1915 - ) |
| Father | Gerhard Folkerts (1838 - 1921) |
| Mother | Almuth Katrina "Alma" Hayen (1846 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Margaretha Elizabeth Folkerts (1869 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Johann Heinrich "Henry" Folkerts (1872 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Johann Eilers "John" Folkerts (1875 - 1944) |
Notes
Census (family)
13 FOLKERTS ALFRED 46 GER H FOLKERTS, GERRAT GER HAYEN, ALMUT GER GER14 FOLKERTS MARY 37 IA W HELGANS, HARN 74 GER TOBIASON, ANNA GER IA
15 FOLKERTS GEO 13 IA S IA
16 FOLKERTS HANNA 9 IA D IA
Death
Alfred Folkerts, Wayne Resident, Died SaturdayFinal services were conducted Tuesday, July 10, at 2:30 .p.m., at St Matthew Lutheran church from the Goettsch Funeral home tor Alfred Folkerts, 78. Rev. Arnold Schlueter officiated and burial was in Oak wood cemetery.
Mr. Folkerts died Saturday morning, July 7, in John McDonald Hospital after a long illness. Born March 4, 1878, in. Lerhafe, Germany, the son of Gerhard Folkerts and Alma Hayen Folkerts, he came to this country February 2, 1895, and rsettled in the Monticello community. He was married, February 2, 1905, to Mary Helgens at Wayne.
The couple farmed near Monticello in Wayne township until 1941 wher they moved to. Monticello. His wife preceded him in death in 1953. Mr. Folkerts lived .in Monticello until November 1955 when he returned to Wayne township to make his home with his son, George W. Folkerts and family.
Surviving him besides his son are a daughter, Hannah Marie Folkerts of Monticello and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one sister and two brothers as well as his parents.
Casket bearers were Elmer Folkerts, Edwin Helgens, Henry Andreesen, Herman Zimmerman, Alvill Callmann and John Andreasen.
Endnotes
1. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
2. "Alfred Folkerts, Wayne Resident, Died Saturday," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 12 July 1956; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 26 November 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 85.
4. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
5. "Alfred Folkerts, Wayne Resident, Died Saturday," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 12 July 1956; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 26 November 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
6. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
7. "Alfred Folkerts, Wayne Resident, Died Saturday," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 12 July 1956; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 26 November 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.