Fred Wilhelms 1887-1979

WILHELMS, ESTERLY, HEROFF, BOE, BEASTON, BARFOOT, DOYLOE, EDWARDS, GRANSBURY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 10/20/2012 at 18:44:39

Deaths
Estherville – Fred Wilhelms, Estherville, died Wednesday [August 29, 1979] evening at the Good Samaritan Center. Services for Mr. Wilhelms are pending at the Fuhrman Funeral Home, Estherville. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 30, 1979)

Fred Wilhelms
1887-1979
Estherville – Fred Wilhelms, 91, Estherville, died Wednesday evening at the Good Samaritan Center, Estherville.

Funeral services for Mr. Wilhelms will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, at the Fuhrman Funeral Home, Estherville. Interment will follow in the Oakdale (Oak Hill) Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 p.m. Friday until time of services.

He was born Sept. 20, 1887, at Larose, Ill., the son of Oelerich and Dena Wilhelms. He received his education in the Manson and Mitchell, S.D. schools. On March 25, 1926, he was married to Vera Esterly and they farmed until moving to Estherville in 1954.

Mr. Wilhelms is survived by his wife, Vera; one brother, Herman, Estherville; two sons, John, West Concord, Minn., and Ralph, Gravelly, Ark.; four daughters, Mrs. Ambert Heroff, St. Paul, Minn., Mrs. Edward (Mabel) Boe, Sherburn, MInn., Mrs. Robert (Avis) Beaston, Staples, Minn., and Mrs. Marvin (Alice) Barfoot, Riverside, Calif.

Other survivors include one stepson, Arlen Doyle, Loveland, Colo.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Harry (Marian) Edwards, Moore, Mont., and Mrs. Donald (Delores) Gransbury, Los Angeles, Calif.; 23 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, three sisters, three infant children and one grandson. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 31, 1979)