Emil F. Fonken

Branch Army
Enlistment July 12, 1918
Discharge March 30, 1919

Emil F. Fonken Emil F. Fonken, 86, of 175 Cowlitz Gardens, Kelso, died July 5, 1984, at Sheridan, Wyoming. He was born July 31, 1897, at Manning, Iowa, son of Wilhelm and Elizabeth (Gorichs) Fonken, and had lived in the local area since 1946, coming from South Dakota.

Mr. Fonken was a retired bus driver and custodian. He attended the Kelso First Presbyterian Church and was a member of the Order of Vasa 269, Veterans of Foreign Wars, World War II Barracks, and Senior Citizens.

He is survived by his wife, Luella Fonken, at home; a daughter, Jackie Robbins of Kent; two sons, Lancelot Fonken of Redmond, Washington; and Roger Fonken of Richmond, California; two step-daughters, Vernice Porter of Mitchell, South Dakota; and Dorothy Meyers of Kelso; a step-son, Francis L. Brown of Chula Vista, California; two brothers, August Fonken of Vancouver, Washington; and William Fonken of Willow Lake, South Dakota; 13 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. J.J. Redmill officiating. Private family interment will be at Cowlitz View Memorial Gardens, Kelso, Washington.

Friends who wish to express sympathy may contribute to Word of Life Fellowship, 767 Douglas Street, Longview.
Longview Daily News, Longview, Washington July 9, 1984