Theodore Felix Eklund

EKLUND

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Date: 7/7/2007 at 17:51:14

Davenport Democrat and Leader; Davenport, Scott, Iowa; Monday evening, January 9, 1922 pg. 13

Eklund

Felix Eklund, 50, a machinist, who has resided in Davenport for the last 20 years, died Sunday evening at 6 o'clock at his home, 729 LeClaire street, after an illness of two months' duration. He was a member of the Moose lodge.

Surviving are his wife, Hattie Eklund, and a daughter, Goldie Eklund.

The funeral will be held from the M.V. Boies chapel at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, and the body will be shipped to Chicago for burial.

Davenport Democrat and Leader; Davenport, Scott, Iowa; Friday, January 13, 1922 pg 13

The Eklund Funeral

The funeral of Theodore Felix Eklund, for many years a labor arbiter for the Burlington railroad in this district of the company, will be held in Chicago today. Master mechanics from divisions of the Burlington railroad at Denver, Lincoln, and other points will attend.

Services were held from the M.V. Boies chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Fifty Burlington railroad machinists from various parts of the state of Iowa and Illinois were present.