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Fred W. Folkers
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Becky Dirks Haugsted provided the images and Janet A. Brandt transcribed the text.
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Private Fred William Folkers, a soldier in the service of his country, died overseas on Sept. 30, 1918, of pneumonia. A dispatch in October to his parents in Cass township announced his death. Private Folkers was born in Cass township, Jones County, Iowa, June 7, 1887. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. John H. Folkers of Cass. He made his home on a farm near Anamosa for the past twenty years. He went to Camp Gordon on July 25, 1918, with a contingent of 189 men from Jones County and sailed for France some time in September. He was the youngest of a family of nine children, five of whom with the aged parents survive. Private Folkers was an industrious young man, a good citizen and a useful member of society. Besides his immediate family he is mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends. The surviving brothers and sisters are Henry of Castle Grove; John, George and Thomas and Mrs. J. A. Lubben of Cass township. | ||||
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