Stockfleth, Alfred 1900-1969

STOCKFLETH

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/6/2012 at 17:01:19

Obituary of Alfred Stockfleth; Rites Held in Mapleton

Alfred Hugo Stockfleth, son of Fritz and Alvena Stockfleth, was born April 5, 1900, at Schleswig, Iowa. As a boy he moved with his parents to Woodbury County where they farmed and resided in the Danbury and Moville areas for several years. From 1927 until 1936 he farmed with his brothers near Soldier. He also did carpenter work. For the past ten years, he had made his home with his brother, Elmer, near Schleswig.

He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith in 1921 at Ute. He had been a longtime member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, at Mapleton and was a member of the Lutheran Laymens League.

Mr. Stockfleth died on Friday, February 28, 1969, at a Sioux City hospital from head injuries sustained in a car-train accident at Onawa on Wednesday, February 26, 1969. He had reached the age of 68 years, 10 months and 23 days.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Hollenbeck of Sioux City and Mrs. Frank (Doris) Sorensen of Lawton; four brothers, Harold of Mapleton, Alvin and Elmer, both of Schleswig and Ernest of California. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

Funeral services were held on Monday, March 3, 1969, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, with Pastor E. E. Greene officiating. Interment was at St. Clair Cemetery at Ute, Iowa.

Pallbearers were Gordon Nahnsen, Merrill Gran, Wilbur Jensen, Herbert Riessen, Louis Jacobsen, and Harry Andersen.

~Source: Unknown local newspaper, March 1969