KOCK, William Frederick 1890-1944

KOCK, MENKEN, KRUEGER, BLOEM, WIEPANTI, SWARTZ, TALLEY, SIDO

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 7/29/2012 at 15:49:49

**William Frederick Kock – May 26, 1890 – January 27, 1944

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HOLD W. F. KOCK RITES SUNDAY
SERVICES AT ROCKFORD CHURCH AND CEMETERY

Greene – Funeral services for William Frederick Cook, who died at his home on the George Ellis farm northeast of Greene, Thursday, were held Sunday afternoon at the Lutheran Church at Rockford, with the Rev. I. J. Deines, pastor of the Lutheran church at Greene officiating.
Burial was at Rockford.

Mr. Kock was born in Floyd County near Rockford, May 26, 1890 and was married November 27, 1913 to Miss Helen Menken.

Surviving are his wife, 2 sons; Lester of Rockford; and Robert of Greene; one brother; Charles, of Rockford; 4 sisters; Mrs. Minnie Wiepanti, of Wendell, Minnesota; Mrs. Ida Swartz and Mrs. Emma Talley, both of Waterloo, and Mrs. Martha Sido of Rockford.

Globe Gazette, Monday January 31, 1944

Note*** the obit had his name spelled as COOK, but he was born KOCK

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William Frederick Kock was born May 26, 1890 in Iowa, the son of Johann “Karl” Christian Kock and Wilhelmina “Minnie” (Krueger) Kock. He married Hilke “Helen” Menken , the daughter of Richard Menken and Maike “Maggie” (Bloem) Menken.