1915
James
2004
James D. Foltz
July 5, 1915 — July 11, 2004
James D. Foltz age 89 formerly of Swedona, died July 11, 2004 at Prophets Riverview
Good Samaritan Home in Prophetstown, IL.
Funeral services are Thursday, July 15th at 2:00 p.m. at Kirk, Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral Home, Ltd. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Swedona Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Home where he resided.
James was born on July 5, 1915 in Pennsylvania the son of Homer and Melinda Foltz. He married Jamesetta Mears in 1937 in Clymer, Pennsylvania. She preceded him in death on June 28, 1978. He later married Dorothy Mae Borst Carlson on September 22, 1979 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua, Iowa. She preceded him in death on August 6, 1990.
James farmed in the Swedona area and was also an operating engineer for Local #537 in Rock Island retiring in 1977. He was a member of Beulah Presbyterian Church in Orion. He worked in Alaska during World War II as a Civil Army Engineer. He was an avid card player with the senior citizens.
Survivors include his sons and their spouses James and Georgia Foltz of Prophetstown, IL and Irvin and Sharon Foltz of Rock Falls, IL; 7 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren; 3 step-children and their spouses Nancy and John Salter, John and Jackie Carlson and Roger and Mary Ellen Carlson; 6 step-grandchildren and 7 step great-grandchildren.
Good Samaritan Home in Prophetstown, IL.
Funeral services are Thursday, July 15th at 2:00 p.m. at Kirk, Huggins & Esterdahl Funeral Home, Ltd. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Swedona Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Home where he resided.
James was born on July 5, 1915 in Pennsylvania the son of Homer and Melinda Foltz. He married Jamesetta Mears in 1937 in Clymer, Pennsylvania. She preceded him in death on June 28, 1978. He later married Dorothy Mae Borst Carlson on September 22, 1979 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua, Iowa. She preceded him in death on August 6, 1990.
James farmed in the Swedona area and was also an operating engineer for Local #537 in Rock Island retiring in 1977. He was a member of Beulah Presbyterian Church in Orion. He worked in Alaska during World War II as a Civil Army Engineer. He was an avid card player with the senior citizens.
Survivors include his sons and their spouses James and Georgia Foltz of Prophetstown, IL and Irvin and Sharon Foltz of Rock Falls, IL; 7 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren; 3 step-children and their spouses Nancy and John Salter, John and Jackie Carlson and Roger and Mary Ellen Carlson; 6 step-grandchildren and 7 step great-grandchildren.
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