Individual Details
Catherine Margaret Harms
(23 Jun 1910 - 7 Nov 1999)
Events
| Birth | 23 Jun 1910 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 14 Jun 1930 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Henry Earlville Folkers |  | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Henry Earlville Folkers |  | ||
| Death | 7 Nov 1999 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Henry Earlville Folkers (1907 - 1984) |
| Child | Alva Richard Folkers (1931 - 1935) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Lois Arlene Folkers (1937 - 2011) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Garriet Harms (1876 - 1966) |
| Mother | Hilke Janssen (1886 - 1911) |
Notes
Census (family)
Henry Folkers Head M 33 IowaCatherine Folkers Wife F 29 Iowa
Margaret Folkers Daughter F 8 Iowa
Alice Folkers Daughter F 6 Iowa
Lois Folkers DaughterF 3 Iowa
Helen Folkers Daughter F 0 Iowa
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS…NOVEMBER 10, 1999L….PAGE 31CATHERINE M FOLKERS
JUNE 23, 1910 – NOV 7, 1999
Services for Catherine M. Folkers, 89, were held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999(today) at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, rural Monticello, with interment in the Wayne Zion Cemetery. Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, was in charge of arrangements
Catherine Folkers died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999 at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, following an extended illness.
Catherine Margaret Harms was born June 23, 1910 in Wayne Township, Jones County, Iowa, the daughter of Garriet and Hilke Johnson Harms. She received her education in the Lockhart, Minn. Schools, later returning to the Monticello area. On June 14, 1930, she married Henry E. Folkers at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. The couple farmed on the Folkers family farm until 1979 when they moved to Monticello. She moved to the care center in September of 1995.
Mrs. Harms was a member of the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, the ELCW and the Quilting Group. She had been a volunteer at Camp Courageous and at the Senior Home. She also enjoyed her card clubs.
Survivors include four daughters: Lois (Larry) Behrends, Margaret (Paul) Whear, both of Monticello; Helen McKinstry, Solon,; Alice (Ted) Henderson, Spencer, eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, three great- great grandchildren and two sisters, Laura Ambuehl and Elaine Buol, both of Monticello. Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband Henry on Dec. 25, 1984 and a son, Richard, in 1935, six brothers and three sisters.
Memorials may be made to Wayne Zion Lutheran Church or the Alzheimer's Foundation.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 15 July 2017), Henry E. Folkers and Catherine M. Harms, 14 Jun 1930; citing Monticello, Iowa, reference 2:3VNXD5W; FHL microfilm 1,064,579..