Grandpa Folkers would sit hunched over in his rocking chair. He was quite a heavy man. He stood a head taller than grandma Folkers who was quite short. It was wintertime, and he was sitting in the chair. There was no heat in the bedroom, and the kitchen had the cookstove, so there was heat in the kitchen.
Grandpa had caught cold. In order to go to the bathroom he had to go quite a little ways to the outside "john". On this particular day, he got up to go to the outhouse and he slipped and fell. No one could hear him call that he was having problems.
Grandma decided that he had been out too long, and that she better go look. She found him lying in the path, in the snow, between the house and the outhouse. He developed a very bad case of pneumonia. They rushed him to the Salt Lake County Infirmary, but I don't know how long he lived before he passed away. It wasn't very long. But he passed away in the hospital of pneumonia. [The infirmary was located at 1979 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.]
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Folkert T. Folkers, gardener, abt. 1930
Folkert Teunis Folkers died 15 March 1942, age 83 years, 2 months, 3 days (born Groningen, The Netherlands, 12 Jan 1859. Interment: Wasatch Memorial Park, Lot 370, Block 28, Section-Gilcrest; 3:05 PM on March 18, 1942.
Headstone of Folkert Teunis Folkers (1859-1942)
Services were held at Wandamere Ward Chapel, 2952 South, 7th East. Bishop Lewis de Joung, George Albert Smith, William Woltjer, Nicolaas Smith, and Br. Tiemersma officated. Relatives attending were Hilje Mulder Folkers, his widow; Leno Folkers Moore, Henderika Folkers Thiessens, Hermannus Thiessens, Hemhla S. Folkers Whitney, Ruth Thiessens, Grace Thiessens, Ted Thiessens, Silas Sneed, Freeda Thiessens, Mrs. Maarel, and Hilda Thiessens [according to "Cherished Memories" program book.