Obit: Fults, Edwin #3 (1909 - 1959)

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Surnames: Fults, Pacholke, Knight, Anderson

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.)  08/06/1959

Fults, Edwin (18 SEP 1909 - 30 JUL 1959)

The Rev. Wallace Smith of Edgar officiated at funeral services at 2 p.m. Sunday in the First Presbyterian Church at Abbotsford for Edwin Roy Fults, 49, Abbotsford who died of a cerebral hemorrhage Thursday afternoon while at work at the Skelly Service Station.  Burial was made in the Abbotsford Cemetery.

Mr. Fults was born at Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) on Sept. 18, 1909.  He received his grade school and two years of high school education in Thorp.  In 1927 the family moved to Abbotsford, where he completed his high school education.  He operated a bulk oil station at Stetsonville for eight years and had been manager of the Abbotsford Oil Co.

He was married to the former Ruby Pacholke in St. John’s Church at Colby in September of 1933.

He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a former officer of the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and was active in sports and athletic events.  He managed a semi-pro baseball team in Abbotsford.

Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Gordon (Sandra) Knight, Marshfield; one son, Gerald, at home; one granddaughter, Cindy Knight, Marshfield; two brothers, James, Stanley and Dr. Arthur Fults, Colby; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fults, Abbotsford.

One sister, Mrs. Kenneth Anderson, preceded him in death.