Individual Details
Katherina Sophie "Katie" Rickels
(25 Jul 1882 - 27 Nov 1954)
Events
Families
Spouse | Tobias Folkers (1877 - 1957) |
Father | Gerd Rickels (1855 - 1927) |
Mother | Taalke M Folke Katherina Sophia "Katrina" Tobiassen (1851 - 1930) |
Sibling | Heinrich "Henry" Rickels (1876 - 1919) |
Sibling | Richard Gerhard Rickels (1879 - 1961) |
Sibling | Gesine Maria Rickels (1880 - 1922) |
Sibling | Johann Hermann "John" Rickels (1885 - 1975) |
Sibling | Anna Engeline "Lena" Rickels (1888 - 1920) |
Sibling | Christine Margaretha "Mattie" Rickels (1891 - 1967) |
Sibling | Johanna Eliza "Lizzie" Rickels (1893 - 1987) |
Sibling | William Rickels (1896 - 1971) |
Notes
Census (family)
119, 119, Folkers, Tobias, Head, WM, Mar 1877, 23, Married 0 yrs, Iowa Ger Ger, FarmerCatherine S, Wife WF, July 1882, 17, Married 0 yrs, 0 children, Iowa Ger Ger
Census (family)
115 FOLKERS TOBIAS 48 IA H FOLKERS, HARN GER TOBIASON, W M GER IA116 FOLKERS KATE 42 IA W RICKEL, GERD 70 GER TOBIASON, J M C 74 GER IA
117 FOLKERS H W G 22 IA S IA
118 TOENJES VELDA 3 IA D IA
118 FOLKERS EDA C M 16 IA D IA
Death
SOURCE: THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 1....DECEMBER 2, 1954MRS. TOBIAS FOLKERS SERVICES TUESDAY
Mrs. Katharina Sophia Folkers died at the John McDonald hospital in Monticello Saturday noon, Nov. 27, after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the St. Matthew Lutheran church with the Rev. Arnold E. Schlueter officiating. Burial was made at Oakwood.
Born July 25, 1882, in Wayne Township, she was the daughter of Gerd and Katharina Tobiason Rickels. She attended the Wayne township schools and on March 8, 1900, she was married to Tobias Folkers. They made their home on a farm in Wayne Township until 1928 when they retired and moved to Monticello. She was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church in Monticello.
Surviving are her husband, one son, H.W.G.. Folkers of Scotch Grove, and one daughter, Mrs. Merle (Edna) Jacobsen of Monticello; three brothers, Gerhard Rickels of Amber, John H. and William Rickels, both of Monticello; two sisters, Mrs. John Poppe of Amber and Mrs. Oscar Ambuehl of Monticello; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased, Melvin Tobiason, Ervin Poppe, Henry Hayen, Louis Hayen, Donald Rickels and Leo Ambuehl.
Burial
*049-6 KatherineFolkers 1882
(11/30/)1954
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 1....DECEMBER 2, 1954
MRS. TOBIAS FOLKERS SERVICES TUESDAY
Mrs. Katharina Sophia Folkers died at the John McDonald hospital in Monticello Saturday noon, Nov. 27, after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the St. Matthew Lutheran church with the Rev. Arnold E. Schlueter officiating. Burial was made at Oakwood.
Born July 25, 1882, in Wayne Township, she was the daughter of Gerd and Katharina Tobiason Rickels. She attended the Wayne township schools and on March 8, 1900, she was married to Tobias Folkers. They made their home on a farm in Wayne Township until 1928 when they retired and moved to Monticello. She was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church in Monticello.
Surviving are her husband, one son, H.W.G.. Folkers of Scotch Grove, and one daughter, Mrs. Merle (Edna) Jacobsen of Monticello; three brothers, Gerhard Rickels of Amber, John H. and William Rickels, both of Monticello; two sisters, Mrs. John Poppe of Amber and Mrs. Oscar Ambuehl of Monticello; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased, Melvin Tobiason, Ervin Poppe, Henry Hayen, Louis Hayen, Donald Rickels and Leo Ambuehl.
Endnotes
1. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 84.
2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 May 2013), Gerd Rickels in entry for Tobias Folkers and Catherine S Rickels, 1900..
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 228.
4. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
5. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
6. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.