Individual Details
Alva Richard Folkers
(15 Sep 1931 - 4 Jun 1935)
Events
| Birth | 15 Sep 1931 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Death | 4 Jun 1935 | accidentally took alcohol - Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |  |
Families
| Father | Henry Earlville Folkers (1907 - 1984) |
| Mother | Catherine Margaret Harms (1910 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Lois Arlene Folkers (1937 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
Death Called Four Year Old Boy Last TuesdayThe home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Folkers Jr., of Wayne township, was saddened by the sudden death of their only son, Alva Richard Folkers, 4, Tuesday morning, June 4, at 10 o'clock. His death occurred at the John McDonald hospital here after a very short but critical illness.
Alva Richard Folkers was born in Wayne township, September 15, 1930. Besides his griefstricken parents, he is survived by two younger sisters, Margaret and Alice Folkers. He also leaves his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Folkers Sr. of Monticello, and G. Harms of Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow, Friday, at the family home and at 2 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran church. The Rev. John Willms, pastor of the church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery.
[The Monticello Express (Monticello, Iowa), June 6, 1935, p. 1]
Endnotes
1. "Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 15 July 2017), Henry A Folkers in entry for Alva Richard Folkers, 04 Jun 1935, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #5396, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101821054..