BILHARZ, Franz J. 1862-1949

BILHARZ, SOY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/18/2010 at 23:36:02

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Hold Rites Tuesday for Retired Farmer

Charles City, Iowa — Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m., at the Hauser funeral home for Franz J. Bilharz, 87, who died early Sunday morning in the state hospital at Independence where he had been a patient about a month. Death was attributed to senility. The Rev. Boren of the Osage Congregational church will officiate and burial will be in the Orchard cemetery.

Mr. Bilharz, a retired farmer had been a lifelong resident of Floyd county and his home was four miles northeast of Floyd.

He is survived by his wife, one son Franz, Jr., and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Louise Soy, of Vallejo, California.

One son, Kenneth, was a war casualty in Germany, in World War II, on October 14, 1944.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday, October 11, 1949]
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The Orchard Cemetery data on IaGenWeb/Mitchell shows:

BILHARZ, Franz J. APR 7, 1862 -- Oct. 9, 1949