Kasper Faltinson 1864-1920

FALTINSON, HAUGHTON, OLSON, KOCHLER, JOHNSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/5/2014 at 23:23:57

Judge Kasper Faltinson Passed On Last Monday [March 15, 1920]
Pioneer Resident of County Called Suddenly From Earthly Trials
Great hearted, good natured Judge Faltinson has answered the final call and has passed on from this world of trials and tribulations to meet the reward of a life well spent in the service of his fellowmen. Judge, as he was endearingly known to his friends, passed away suddenly at his home in Armstrong last Monday as the noon hour was approaching. For several years he has not been in the best of health and many times his large circle of friends have been anxious about his health. He always smiled and had a cheery answer when questioned about his health and the end, which came so quickly, while a distinct shock to all, was not unexpected.

Kaspar Faltinson for many years has been one of the leading citizens of the county. At the time of his death he held the position of postmaster at Armstrong, was one of the successful lawyers of the county and was respected and loved by all who knew him. For many years he has been a leader of the democratic party of this county and he was always found on the side of the right, fighting for a square deal for all men. He was ever ready to come to the aid of his friends and neighbors in times of stress and there are few men who held the confidence and esteem of their friends to the extent that he did. His death is a loss to the entire community.

Judge Faltinson was always active in public life. He has held positions of trust and responsibility and his integrity was never questioned. He was highly educated and we presume to say that there was not a better writer in the history of Emmet county than our friend who has passed on to prepare a place for his friends. At one time he was editor of the Armstrong Journal and under his guiding hand that paper was known throughout the state for its fearless stand on questions of importance and for the wonderful ability of the editor.

Funeral services will be held at Armstrong tomorrow and many from this city are planning on attending. His wife has the deepest sympathy of the entire community in her great loss. We will publish an extended obituary of his life in our next issue. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, March 17, 1920)

Armstrong Postmaster Dead
Monday about noon Kasper Faltinson, who was postmaster at Armstrong died at his home at that place after a few days illness. Faltinson had been one of the prominent men of Emmet County and been one of the prominent democrats in this part of the state. He, at one time published the Armstrong Journal for a number of years and was considered a fine newspaper man. He was a graduate of the state university and for a time engaged in practicing law. He was in attendance at the recent democratic convention. (Palo Alto Reporter, Palo Alto, IA, Marcy 18, 1920)

Postmaster Kasper Faltinson, Armstrong, Dies March 15th
News that Kasper Faltinson had died was received Monday morning. He had been postmaster at Armstrong for many years. Before that he practiced law and edited the Armstrong Journal. He was a strong Democrat, and was influential in Emmet county politics. His mental equipment was considered strong, but ill health from his youth up handicapped him. (Kossuth County Advance, Algona, IA, March 18, 1920)

Mrs. B.L. Oson of South Amana, came Thursday to attend the funeral of her brother, Judge Faltinson of Armstrong. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, March 24, 1920)

Sheriff Thos. Nivison attended the funeral services of his long time friend, Kasper Faltinson, at Armstrong Thursday. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, March 24, 1920)

C.B. Murtagh, Bert Fleming, and Amie Peugnet attended the Casper Faltinson funeral at Armstrong last week Thursday. The services were held in the opera house, the only place big enough to hold the great crowd which assembled to do honor to the departed postmaster. Mr. Faltinson died of heart disease. (Emmetsburg Reporter, Emmetsburg, IA, March 25, 1920)

Kasper Faltinson Dead
Kasper Faltinson, a former resident of this county died in Armstrong, Iowa, March 15, 1920, after a lingering illness of several months’ duration from kidney trouble.

Kasper Faltinson was born in Hilton township, September 10, 1864, and was the son of Fultin Faltinson and Maria Faltinson, early settlers in Iowa County. As a young country boy he began school under such teachers as John Cownie and Lafe Butler, both excellent teachers in the country schools in the seventies and early eighties. This training only gave him new zest for learning and he attended Iowa City Academy which for many years had been the Mecca for many of the ambitious youths of this and other counties in the state. Here again he came under the kind tutelage of A.T. Hukill another Iowa County young man who later and for many years was one of the leading instructors and school superintendents in Iowa. Through Mr. Hukill’s influence he entered the State University and was graduated from the law department of that institution with the class of 1891. Shortly after graduation he located in Armstrong for the practice of law which was his home up to the time of his death.

Mr. Falinson for a number of years was also the editor of the Armstrong Journal, a weekly which welded a great influence in that part of the country. Newspaper work brought him in touch with the politicians of the state and he was nominated for Congress on the democratic ticket but was beaten in a strong republican district, known as the Dolliver Ranch. ON Mr. Wilson’s election Mr. Faltinson was appointed post master of the town of Armstrong which position he held up to the time of his death.

Mr. Faltinson was married June 4, 1899 to Laura Haughton, a native of Ohio, who survives him, besides an aged mother, Maria Faltinson, residing in Hilton township and also by the following brothers and sisters: Bertel Faltinson, Cornelius Faltinson and Mrs. Coroline Olson residing in Hilton township; Mrs. Martha Kochler residing in Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Anna Johnson, residing in Center Point and Mrs. Julia Olson residing in Spencer, Iowa.

Kasper Faltinson was kind, generous and a whole souled person, with a wide acquaintance, who for many years through his newspaper and otherwise wielded influence for good in many ways. The town and surrounding country has lost an obliging servant and a model citizen who will be sadly missed in the community in which he was for many years an influential member. (Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Williamsburg, IA, March 25, 1920)