Herman Boldt, 62, former north Tama county farmer, who has been, employed by the Rath Packing company and a resident of Waterloo twenty years or more, died shortly after midnight Wednesday morning in Allen Memorial hospital, the victim of heart disease. Mr. Boldt had worked at the packing plant all day Tuesday as usual, and about 9 p. m. was stricken by a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital as soon as possible but lived only about three hours. Funeral services are to be held at the Kearns Garden chapel in Waterloo at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, and burial will be in Waterloo.
Mr. Boldt was born on a farm in north Tama, October 27, 1882, and was one of the family of fourteen children of Mr. and Mrs. William Boldt. He was reared on the farm and was a farmer several years after his marriage April 17, 1907 to Augusta Grace Eichmeier of Gladbrook. The couple were farming the Brown farm in Crystal when they held a closing-out sale twenty years or more ago and moved to Waterloo, where he had worked continuously for the Rath and John Deere companies.
Surviving with the widow are a son, Ed J. Boldt, and a daughter, Mrs. Harold Force, both of Waterloo. A son, Clarence, died in October, 1927, of injuries received in an automobile accident. There are eight grandchildren. Mr. Boldt also leaves three brothers Henry of Traer; John of LaPorte City; and William, near Amity church in Grant township; and seven sisters, Mrs. Hubert Kahler near Garwin; Mrs. Andrew Sell, Gladbrook; Mrs. Minnie Lage near Lincoln; Mrs. Harry Dahms near Traer; Mrs. Dora Jensen of Reinbeck; Mrs. Mary Niemeyer of La Porte City; and Mrs. Theodore Schuett, southwest of Traer. A sister, Mrs. Sophie Urhammer died several years ago and two sisters died when small. William Boldt, the father of the large family died in 1922 and the mother in 1938. Both spent their years of retirement in Gladbrook.
Source: Traer Star Clipper, Friday, December 29th, 1944 – page 1.
Contributor: 48419540
Mr. Boldt was born on a farm in north Tama, October 27, 1882, and was one of the family of fourteen children of Mr. and Mrs. William Boldt. He was reared on the farm and was a farmer several years after his marriage April 17, 1907 to Augusta Grace Eichmeier of Gladbrook. The couple were farming the Brown farm in Crystal when they held a closing-out sale twenty years or more ago and moved to Waterloo, where he had worked continuously for the Rath and John Deere companies.
Surviving with the widow are a son, Ed J. Boldt, and a daughter, Mrs. Harold Force, both of Waterloo. A son, Clarence, died in October, 1927, of injuries received in an automobile accident. There are eight grandchildren. Mr. Boldt also leaves three brothers Henry of Traer; John of LaPorte City; and William, near Amity church in Grant township; and seven sisters, Mrs. Hubert Kahler near Garwin; Mrs. Andrew Sell, Gladbrook; Mrs. Minnie Lage near Lincoln; Mrs. Harry Dahms near Traer; Mrs. Dora Jensen of Reinbeck; Mrs. Mary Niemeyer of La Porte City; and Mrs. Theodore Schuett, southwest of Traer. A sister, Mrs. Sophie Urhammer died several years ago and two sisters died when small. William Boldt, the father of the large family died in 1922 and the mother in 1938. Both spent their years of retirement in Gladbrook.
Source: Traer Star Clipper, Friday, December 29th, 1944 – page 1.
Contributor: 48419540
Herman Boldt, 62, former north Tama county farmer, who has been, employed by the Rath Packing company and a resident of Waterloo twenty years or more, died shortly after midnight Wednesday morning in Allen Memorial hospital, the victim of heart disease. Mr. Boldt had worked at the packing plant all day Tuesday as usual, and about 9 p. m. was stricken by a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital as soon as possible but lived only about three hours. Funeral services are to be held at the Kearns Garden chapel in Waterloo at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, and burial will be in Waterloo.
Mr. Boldt was born on a farm in north Tama, October 27, 1882, and was one of the family of fourteen children of Mr. and Mrs. William Boldt. He was reared on the farm and was a farmer several years after his marriage April 17, 1907 to Augusta Grace Eichmeier of Gladbrook. The couple were farming the Brown farm in Crystal when they held a closing-out sale twenty years or more ago and moved to Waterloo, where he had worked continuously for the Rath and John Deere companies.
Surviving with the widow are a son, Ed J. Boldt, and a daughter, Mrs. Harold Force, both of Waterloo. A son, Clarence, died in October, 1927, of injuries received in an automobile accident. There are eight grandchildren. Mr. Boldt also leaves three brothers Henry of Traer; John of LaPorte City; and William, near Amity church in Grant township; and seven sisters, Mrs. Hubert Kahler near Garwin; Mrs. Andrew Sell, Gladbrook; Mrs. Minnie Lage near Lincoln; Mrs. Harry Dahms near Traer; Mrs. Dora Jensen of Reinbeck; Mrs. Mary Niemeyer of La Porte City; and Mrs. Theodore Schuett, southwest of Traer. A sister, Mrs. Sophie Urhammer died several years ago and two sisters died when small. William Boldt, the father of the large family died in 1922 and the mother in 1938. Both spent their years of retirement in Gladbrook.
Source: Traer Star Clipper, Friday, December 29th, 1944 – page 1.
Contributor: 48419540
Mr. Boldt was born on a farm in north Tama, October 27, 1882, and was one of the family of fourteen children of Mr. and Mrs. William Boldt. He was reared on the farm and was a farmer several years after his marriage April 17, 1907 to Augusta Grace Eichmeier of Gladbrook. The couple were farming the Brown farm in Crystal when they held a closing-out sale twenty years or more ago and moved to Waterloo, where he had worked continuously for the Rath and John Deere companies.
Surviving with the widow are a son, Ed J. Boldt, and a daughter, Mrs. Harold Force, both of Waterloo. A son, Clarence, died in October, 1927, of injuries received in an automobile accident. There are eight grandchildren. Mr. Boldt also leaves three brothers Henry of Traer; John of LaPorte City; and William, near Amity church in Grant township; and seven sisters, Mrs. Hubert Kahler near Garwin; Mrs. Andrew Sell, Gladbrook; Mrs. Minnie Lage near Lincoln; Mrs. Harry Dahms near Traer; Mrs. Dora Jensen of Reinbeck; Mrs. Mary Niemeyer of La Porte City; and Mrs. Theodore Schuett, southwest of Traer. A sister, Mrs. Sophie Urhammer died several years ago and two sisters died when small. William Boldt, the father of the large family died in 1922 and the mother in 1938. Both spent their years of retirement in Gladbrook.
Source: Traer Star Clipper, Friday, December 29th, 1944 – page 1.
Contributor: 48419540
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