Theodore Felix Eklund

EKLUND

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Date: 7/15/2014 at 12:34:03

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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, 723 LeClaire street, after an illness of two months' duration. He was a member of the Moose lodge.

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

The funeral will be held from the M.V. B?tes chapel at 230 Wednesday afternoon, and the body will be shipped to Chicago for burial.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, 09 January 1922, p. 13.

Obituary

The Eklund Funeral.

The funeral of Theodore Felix Eklund, for many years a labor ? for the Burlington railroad in this district of the company, will be held from the Westphal chapel 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. Boles chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Fifty Burlington railroad machinists from various parts of the state of Iowa and Illinois were present.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, 13 January 1922, p. 13.