Fohlin, Margaret Alfrieda Jernquist (1909-2004)

FOHLIN, JERNQUIST, BERGLUND, WOOD, EKLUND

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Date: 12/12/2020 at 10:52:00

Stratford Courier
February 2004

MARGARET A. FOHLIN

POCAHONTAS - Margaret A. Fohlin, age 94, of Pocahontas, formerly of Stratford, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004 at the Pocahontas Manor in Pocahontas.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 at the Stratford Lutheran Church in Stratford with the Rev. Joseph Lambert officiating. Burial will be in the South Marion Cemetery near Stratford. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church in Stratford. Powers Funeral Home in Pocahontas is handling arrangements.

Margaret Alfrieda Jernquist was born Nov. 4, 1909, in Des Moines. She was the daughter of Albert and Frieda (Berglund) Jernquist. She was educated at Boxholm schools. On Dec. 19, 1931, Margaret married Harold Fohlin on the family farm. The couple settled in the Stratford area where they farmed. In 1979, they retired and moved to Pocahontas. Harold died in 1989. In May of 2000, Margaret entered the Pocahontas Manor.

Margaret was a member of the Stratford Lutheran Church. She enjoyed crocheting, cooking and baking.

Survivors include her daughters, Marge (Daryl) Wood of Pocahontas and Mary (Deane) Eklund of Mesa, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, husband Harold, an infant son, two brothers and three sisters.

Stratford Courier
October 24, 1940

MRS. H. FOHLIN IS BADLY BURNED BY STOVE EXPLOSION

Word from the county hospital in Webster City is to the effect that Mrs. Harold Fohlin, severely burned Thursday in a stove explosion in the family home near here, is getting along as well as can be expected.

The many friends of the family here hope for her early and complete recovery.

Mrs. Fohlin was severely burned when a laundry stove in which she was building a fire with kerosene exploded as she was preparing to do the laundry. She suffered second and third degree burns on her face, arms, legs and body which are serious and very painful.