George W. ROLFS

ROLF, ROLFS, SCHIMMER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/19/2014 at 12:44:54

February 19, 1861 --- November 17, 1900

George Rolf, of Eagle Grove, a Rock Island brakeman, while making a coupling at Valley Junction on Sunday, fell and was so crushed by the wheels that he died in about two hours. He was 38 years of age and leaves a wife and two children.

The above is a local item from the Des Moines Register of the 20th inst. George Rolf was a resident of Paullina for several years, having been employed here prior to his removal to Eagle Grove where he lived during his employment on the C. & N. W. railway. He was married here to Miss Schimmer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schimmer. A wife and two children survive him and their home is at Eagle Grove. George had many friends here who were pained to learn of his sudden death.

Paullina Times - Paullina, Iowa
22 November 1900

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[George W. Rolfs married in Paullina, Iowa to Maggie Schimmer on 12 October 1888; buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa]