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Rudolph Erks

Birth	:	25 Dec 1861 Germany
Death	:	28 Mar 1922 Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Ruble, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8372000, -96.3799000
Description	:	Rudolph Erks is Dead Was Well Known And Successful Farmer Gained Fortune By his Own Endeavors Came to Plymouth County When A Penniless Youth and by Industry and Integrity Gained a Fine Home and a Comfortable Competency Rudolph Erks, one of the well known and successful farmers of Preston township, died at a hospital in Akron at an early hour on Tuesday morning. Mr. Erks and been in failing health all winter suffering from an internal malady with complications resulting in cancer, which caused his death. Rudolph Erks was born... Read More	Rudolph Erks is Dead Was Well Known And Successful Farmer Gained Fortune By his Own Endeavors Came to Plymouth County When A Penniless Youth and by Industry and Integrity Gained a Fine Home and a Comfortable Competency Rudolph Erks, one of the well known and successful farmers of Preston township, died at a hospital in Akron at an early hour on Tuesday morning. Mr. Erks and been in failing health all winter suffering from an internal malady with complications resulting in cancer, which caused his death. Rudolph Erks was born in Rieshault (sp. Reepsholt) Hanover, Germany, on December 25, 1861. He received his education in the public schools in Germany and there grew to manhood. At the age of twenty-one he decided to come to America to seek advantages denied to youth in his country and came directly to Plymouth county where he found a home, happiness and achieved success in his avocation of farming. On his arrival here he went to work for Fred Jacobs in Preston township and remained in his employ for four years. At the end of that time he began to farm on his own account and bought eighty acres of land in section twenty-seven in Preston township. The tract at that time was all wild prairie and required the hardest labor to bring it to the proper state of cultivation. Erks bought the place with the object of making a home and at once devoted his energies to developing the resources. He built a shanty fourteen by twenty and a small barn that was covered with hay and proceeded to break the prairie sod. He soon became successful as a general farmer and a stock raiser. He planted a beautiful grove and erected a substantial house which he remodeled and made modern in 1915, and the out buildings on the place are some of the best in this prosperous community. As he prospered he bought more land and owned four hundred acres of as good land as can be found in northwestern Iowa Rudolph Erks was united in marriage on April 6, 1889 with Helen M. Jacobs, a daughter of Fred and Margaretha Jacobs, for whom he worked when he first came to this country, Mr. Erks is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters who are Mrs. Henry F. Fredricks, Frederic, John, William and Meta. Mr. Erks was a good citizen and prominent in the business and social life of the community. He was a loving husband and father and loyal to his friends and neighbors who had known him in his early struggles and since he had attained affluence and had always found him the same good and true man. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Preston township Lutheran church of which he was an upright and consistent member. LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel Friday, March 31, 1922; page 1, column 7 LeMars, Plymouth, Iowa

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Where is Rudolph Erks's memorial?
Rudolph Erks's memorial is located at: Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Ruble, Plymouth County, USA.
When did Rudolph Erks death?
Rudolph Erks death on 28 Mar 1922 in Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Rudolph Erks's memorial?
Latitude: 42.8372000
Longitude: -96.3799000

Family Members:

Spouse

Helen Margaret Jacobs Erks

(1868 - 1956)

Children

Fred G. Erks

(1892 - 1982)

Margaret Erks Helmrichs

(1905 - 1956)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
Ruble, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8372000, -96.3799000

2. Plymouth Presbyterian Cemetery
Brunsville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8208760, -96.3318410

3. Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8514600, -96.2902600

4. Saint Johns Cemetery
Craig, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8939018, -96.3225021

5. Saint Peter Cemetery
Brunsville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8081017, -96.2767029

6. Union Hill German Baptist Cemetery
Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9169006, -96.3324966

7. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Adaville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7494011, -96.4005966

8. Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Adaville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7484000, -96.3315000

9. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Johnson Township, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7416992, -96.3707962

10. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Akron, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8232300, -96.5374800

11. Riverside Cemetery
Akron, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8367004, -96.5453033

12. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Ireton, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9681015, -96.3143997

13. Hillside Cemetery
Merrill, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7291985, -96.2544022

14. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Struble, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8953018, -96.2005997

15. Assumption Catholic Cemetery
Merrill, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7214480, -96.2583450

16. Mount Hope Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8885994, -96.5667038

17. Saint John Lutheran Cemetery
Ireton, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9585991, -96.2550201

18. Resthaven Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8375015, -96.1686020

19. Union Creek Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8911018, -96.5863037

20. Calvary Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7939000, -96.1527100

21. Memorial Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7875000, -96.1504920

22. Westfield Township Cemetery
Westfield, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7510986, -96.5914001

23. Grace Hill Cemetery
Hawarden, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0052986, -96.4708023

24. Liberty Perry Cemetery
Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6557999, -96.3893967