Folken, Wilhelm Engelbart 1850-1930

FOLKEN, HOOGESTRAAT

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Date: 11/12/2014 at 19:06:51

Carroll Daily Herald
February 1, 1930

Word of Death Of W. E. Folken Received Here
Funeral Services for Former Carroll Man to be Held Tomorrow

B. H. Drees has received news of the death of his close friend and hunting pal, and a former Carroll man, W. E. Folken, who died suddenly Saturday afternoon at his home northeast of Lennox, S.D., following an acute heart attack. He was 79 years old, and although he had been ailing for several years, his death was a shock to his family and the community.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home, with the Rev. F. Petersen, pastor of the local Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be made in the Lennox cemetery.

Born in Germany.
Wilhelm Engelbart Folken was born at Weener, Ostfriesland, Germany, May 7, 1850. He came to America with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Diederich Folken when but seven years of age and the family settled at Freeport, Ill., where he grew to manhood. His mother died when he was nine years old and the family then moved to Ackley, Ia., later to Arcadia, and then to Carroll, where his father died April 13, 1892.

Mr. Folken was united in marriage at Ackley to Miss Anna Hoogestraat. This union was blessed with 11 children. Two died in infancy and a son John died Nov. 8, 1920.

Left Here In 1897.
In the spring of 1897 the family went to Lincoln county, and settled on a farm northeast of Lennox, where for 33 years Mr. Folken has lived continually.

Besides his wife, he is survived by eight children: Mrs. H. B. Wilkinson, Mrs. F. W. Kamolz, Mrs. B. C. Burma, all of Lennox; Mrs. H. L. Howard of Estherville, Ia.; E. W. Folken, Tea; and D. W. Folken, Miss Anna Folken and Miss Etta Folken, at home.