John Jameson Fegtly 1851-1918

FEGTLY, KUHN, WHITLOCK, JONES

Posted By: Fred Rucker (email)
Date: 5/20/2006 at 12:35:42

The fifth child of John Wesley and Martha Kuhn Fegtly of Utica, IA. He was born in Wayne County Ohio on 27 Dec 1851. His parents moved to Utica when he was three. He spent his first thirty years in Van Buren County where he was raised, farmed, and taught school. He was a graduate of Iowa Wesleyan University. He married Carrie E. Whitlock of Farmington on 12 September 1881. They had two children: Edith Olive and Authur Whitlock. He died in Wichita on 21 July 1918.

Obituary:

J.J. FEGTLY DIES OF APOPLEXY; WAS PROMINENT MASON

Built First Business Block In Wichita After the Boom-Lived Here 37 Years

STRICKEN DURING THE NIGHT
John J. Fegtly, 66 years old, pioneer and one of Wichita's most active Masons, died last night at the home of Mrs. Christine Whitlock, his mother-in-law, 1516 East Douglas avenue, following a stroke of apoplexy.

Mr. Fegtly spent the last few hours of active service preparing funeral arrangements of C.M. Garrison for lodge members of the A.F. and A.M. He returned to Mrs. Whitlock's residence about 11:30 o'clock Saturday night and complained to his wife that he felt very tired. During the night Mrs. Fegtly that her husband was not well and immediately sent to Dr. Arthur Fegtly, her son at Douglas, Kan. When Dr. Fegtly arrived he found his father was suffering a stroke of apoplexy. It was not until late Saturday night that he passed away.

Mr. Fegtly was born in Wooster, OH., in 1851. He came to Wichita in 1881 and built the first building to this city after the boom broke. This is the brick building at 211 South Main street where Mr. And Mrs. Fegtly have made their home for many years. From 1892 until 1902 the Fegtlys lived in Kingfisher, Okla.

Probably no other Wichita man has held so many offices in lodges as Mr. Fegtly. At the time of his death, he was secretary of the Masonic lodge No. 99, A.F. and A.M. For more than 10 years he was financier of the Knights and Ladies of Security, and has held the secretaryship of the Woodman of the World in this city various times.

Besides his widow, Mr. Fegtly is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Jones, 402 South Topeka avenue, and a son, Dr. Arthur Fegtly of Douglass, Kan. The body is in charge of I.W. Gill awaiting funeral arrangements.

Source: Unkown newspaper obituary (probably Wichita, 1918)