KAPKA, Fredrick William 1851-1927

KAPKA

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/11/2011 at 17:30:47

KAPKA, Fredrick William 1851-1927

14 MAY 1851 - 14 NOV 1927

F. W. Kapka dropped over dead while sitting at the supper table with the family Monday evening, from an attack of the heart.

Burial will be made at the Lutheran Cemetery**, tomorrow, Thursday.

Mr. Kapka was born in Germany, May 14, 1851, thus making him 76 years, 8 months, and 2 days of age at the time of death. He had been in the United States practically all of his life, coming to this country with his parents at the age of six years. Much of this time was spent in the vicinity of Riceville on the farm and the latter half-dozen years or more in Riceville.

[From a typed document on file at the Riceville Public Library.]

** Note: The cemetery is probably St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, south of Riceville, Iowa.