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Fred Pforts

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Fred Pforts

Birth
Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Death
3 Mar 1959 (aged 64)
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hill Crest-Lot#230-Space 4
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Husband of Jessie Drummond Pforts, also husband of Louise Hugg Pforts

The Hawkeye Gazette, Wednesday, March 4, 1959, page 11

Fred Pforts

Fred Pforts, 64, 909 Emmett street, died Tuesday at the Veterans hospital in Iowa City.

He was born on May 15, 1894, in Des Moines County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pforts. He married the former Louise Hugg at Kahoka, Mo., on Dec. 23, 1952.

A cement construction contractor, Pforts was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the Lutheran church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Burlington Gym Assn.

Surviving are his wife; two brothers, Frank of Mediapolis and Lou of Burlington, and several nieces and nephews. His parents and a brother are dead.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Giles funeral home, the Rev. G.A. Saathoff officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery with military rites at the grave.
Husband of Jessie Drummond Pforts, also husband of Louise Hugg Pforts

The Hawkeye Gazette, Wednesday, March 4, 1959, page 11

Fred Pforts

Fred Pforts, 64, 909 Emmett street, died Tuesday at the Veterans hospital in Iowa City.

He was born on May 15, 1894, in Des Moines County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pforts. He married the former Louise Hugg at Kahoka, Mo., on Dec. 23, 1952.

A cement construction contractor, Pforts was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the Lutheran church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Burlington Gym Assn.

Surviving are his wife; two brothers, Frank of Mediapolis and Lou of Burlington, and several nieces and nephews. His parents and a brother are dead.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Giles funeral home, the Rev. G.A. Saathoff officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery with military rites at the grave.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13218327/fred-pforts: accessed ), memorial page for Fred Pforts (15 May 1894–3 Mar 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13218327, citing Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by No Reins (contributor 46595053).