Frederick Aldrich 1895-1966

ALDRICH, KUNTZWEILER, HOWELL, BARNES, FOWLER, OCONNOR

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 10/18/2021 at 08:14:52

4 August 1966 - Monticello Express

MONTICELLO - Funeral services for Frederick Raymond Aldrich were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Goettsch Funeral home with Rev. John Benj. Wild officiating. He died Friday afternoon at the John McDonald hospital after an illness of several months.

Burial was in Oakwood cemetery, with military services conducted by the Monticello Drill Team.

Frederick Raymond Aldrich was born near Monticello Aug. 20, 1895, the son of Leonard and Anna Topping Aldrich. He received his education in the Jones county schools and served in the Army during World War I.

On Jan. 25, 1921, he married Ethel Kuntzweiler of Audubon. The couple farmed near Monticello for a number of years and in 1933 moved to Monticello, where Mr. Aldrich was employed as a meat cutter.

Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Clifford (Dorothy) Howell, of Kent, Wash., and Mrs. Merlin (Theona) Barnes of Maquoketa; four sons, Howard of Hinsdale, Ill., Merle of Wyoming, Edward of Los Angeles, Calif., and Kenneth of Cedar Falls; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Miranda Fowler and Mrs. Hazel O'Connor, both of Cedar Rapids, and three brothers, Robert of Monticello, Charles of Cedar Rapids and Alfred of Anamosa.