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The Journal family was deeply shocked to receive the message on Wednesday evening of the death of Emil Folda, one of the most prominent and well-known men of northern Colfax county.

The summons came suddenly, as he had been at West Point with Mrs. Folda on Tuesday, and had been about as usual at his home all day Wednesday. In the early evening he decided to go down town for the daily paper. He evidently decided to drive down, as Mrs. Folda, having occasion to step into her kitchen, saw a light in the garage. She stepped out to investigate and found Mr. Folda in the car stricken with severe pain and hurriedly summoned a physician. He expired as they carried him into the house after the arrival of the doctor.

Emil Folda was born at Manitowac, Wis., May 16, 1866, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Folda, natives of Bohemia, who came as pioneers to Colfax county in 1869. They settled on a farm in Midland precinct, on a part of which Holy Trinity church was later erected, and Emil was one of a fine family of children—Lambert, Adolph, Longin, Emil, Rainold, Jaroslav, Mary, now Mrs. Vaclav Jonas of Schuyler, John M., Frances, wife of Fred Jelinek of Norfolk, and Miss Bertha Folda, the older children having shared in the hard times and the good times that fell to the lot of the early residents. All but the last five named have passed on to join the silent majority.

After Emil had acquired the education afforded by the rural school in his home district, he felt the urge of independence and got a job as clerk in Frank Folda’s general store at Schuyler. Mr. Folda was his uncle and was one of the influential demo-