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Morris Edkin Foulke

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Morris Edkin Foulke

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
1 Jul 1917 (aged 67)
San Bernardino County, California, USA
Burial
Rialto, San Bernardino County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A, Block 12, Plot 00, SubPlot 04
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RIALTO PIONEER OF THE DISTRICT IS DEAD

Funeral of M. E. Foulke Today at the First M. E. Church

Funeral services for the late Morris Edkin Foulke will be held from the First Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The community was saddened at an early hour Sunday morning by the passing away of M. E. Foulke, of Fontana. He was 67 years of age.
Mr. Foulke came to Rialto 33 years ago and today there stands in his memory the two tall rows of eucalyptus trees going down the center of the main thoroughfare and the road to Los Angeles, he being the first tn break the path to the west, saying as I started, 1 must drive straight, for someday this will be the road to Los Angeles.
There survives a widow, one daughter Mrs. C. M. Huston, and one son, Charles Foulke, of northern California.

San Bernardino Sun, Volume 46, Number 104, 3 July 1917 Page 7
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Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hill drove to Glendale early yesterday morning for Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Foulke and daughter, Eleanor. They went because of a message that Mr. Foulke's father, (Continued on Page Nine) (Continued from Page Seven) who has been critically ill for many weeks, was sinking, but he passed away before they were able to get young people here. Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the Methodist Episcopal church in Rialto.

San Bernardino Sun, Volume 46, Number 104, 3 July 1917 Page 9
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Morris Edkin Foulke was born on February 27, 1850, in Ohio. He married Annetta Miles on September 21, 1877, in Allen County, Kansas. They had five children during their marriage. He died on July 1, 1917, in Rialto, California, at the age of 67.
RIALTO PIONEER OF THE DISTRICT IS DEAD

Funeral of M. E. Foulke Today at the First M. E. Church

Funeral services for the late Morris Edkin Foulke will be held from the First Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The community was saddened at an early hour Sunday morning by the passing away of M. E. Foulke, of Fontana. He was 67 years of age.
Mr. Foulke came to Rialto 33 years ago and today there stands in his memory the two tall rows of eucalyptus trees going down the center of the main thoroughfare and the road to Los Angeles, he being the first tn break the path to the west, saying as I started, 1 must drive straight, for someday this will be the road to Los Angeles.
There survives a widow, one daughter Mrs. C. M. Huston, and one son, Charles Foulke, of northern California.

San Bernardino Sun, Volume 46, Number 104, 3 July 1917 Page 7
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Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hill drove to Glendale early yesterday morning for Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Foulke and daughter, Eleanor. They went because of a message that Mr. Foulke's father, (Continued on Page Nine) (Continued from Page Seven) who has been critically ill for many weeks, was sinking, but he passed away before they were able to get young people here. Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the Methodist Episcopal church in Rialto.

San Bernardino Sun, Volume 46, Number 104, 3 July 1917 Page 9
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Morris Edkin Foulke was born on February 27, 1850, in Ohio. He married Annetta Miles on September 21, 1877, in Allen County, Kansas. They had five children during their marriage. He died on July 1, 1917, in Rialto, California, at the age of 67.


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  • Added: Aug 14, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20949313/morris_edkin-foulke: accessed ), memorial page for Morris Edkin Foulke (27 Feb 1850–1 Jul 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20949313, citing Rialto Park Cemetery, Rialto, San Bernardino County, California, USA; Maintained by Cindy R (contributor 25503041).