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Clair Albert FOLK

Male 1905 - 1983  (78 years)


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  • Name Clair Albert FOLK 
    Birth 4 Aug 1905  Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Sep 1983  Apache Junction, Pinal, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Siblings 2 sisters 
    Person ID I9122  bmds
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2015 

    Father Albert Hiram FOLK,   b. 25 May 1882, Dallas, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1919, Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth TERRY,   b. 30 Jan 1883, Rippey, Greene, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1964, Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F3648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ellen Grace POFFENBERGER,   b. 23 Jan 1908, Panther, Colfax, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1955, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 1934 
    Age at Marriage Clair : ~ 28 years old | Ellen : ~ 25 years old. 
    Children 1 son and 2 daughters 
    +1Female. Judy Ann FOLK,   b. 15 Jul 1937, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 2013, Greenfield, Adair, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +2Female. Nadine Ruth FOLK,   b. 20 Nov 1941, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 2011, Greenfield, Adair, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     3Male. Donald C. FOLK,   b. Abt 1945 (Age 79 years)
     
    Family ID F3654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Helen ORTON,   b. 19 Dec 1906, Linden, Dallas, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1998, Adel, Dallas, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1965 
    Age at Marriage Clair : 59 years old | Helen : 58 years old. 
    Family ID F3655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Aug 1905 - Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Sep 1983 - Apache Junction, Pinal, Arizona
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Obituary.
      A service for former Adel resident Clair A Folk, 78, of Apache Junction, Arizona, was held 4 Oct 1983 at the First Christian Church at Adel with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Folk died September 29.
       He was born at Dallas Center to Albert H. and Elizabeth Terry Folk and spent most of his life in the Adel area until moving to Arizona a year ago. Mr. Folk married Ellen Poffenberger in 1934. She died in 1955. He was a former heavy equipment mechanic for the state, a former member of the First Christian Church and a member of the Broadway Christian Church of Mesa, Arizona.
       Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, Donald of Cedar Rapids; two daughters, Judy Sheriff and Nadine Cattle of Greenfield; four stepsons, Paul Jones of Redfield, Clark Jones of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Ray Jones of Apache Junction and Lee Jones of Mesa; two stepdaughters, Ethel McQuinn of Russiaville, Indiana, and Dorothy Smith of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a sister, Edna Merha of Denver, Colorado; four grandchildren; 21 step-grandchildren and 12 step-great-grandchildren.
      — Dallas County News, Oct. 6, 1983.

    2. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 49923897.