John
George
Feld
Born in Silver Creek Township, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jan (Veld) Feld
and Trientje (Lameijer) Feld
Brother of
George John Feld, Grace (Feld) Fye, Anna Katherine (Feld) Earnest, Gertrude Lena (Feld) Steffen, Minnie Feld, Katherine Mae (Feld) Kraft, Richard Eugene Feld, Benjamin William Feld and Robert Donald Feld
Husband of
Viola Laura Barbara (Smith) Feld
— married
2 Feb 1928 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 66
in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Oct 2022
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John Feld is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 1922-1926
Sergeant in the 18th Field Artillery.
Served in the United States Army 1922-1926
Sergeant in the 18th Field Artillery.
Biography
He enlisted in the US Army for 4 years at an early age without his father's consent by overstating his age. He was assigned the job of taking care of the horses and was noted for his excellent horsemanship. He was discharged on June 24, 1926 with the rank of Sergeant in the 18th Field Artillery.
He died on 17 Jun 1972 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois.
Obituary - Freeport - John G. Feld, 66, 918 E. Clinton St., a retired Freeport police officer, died Saturday in Freeport Memorial Hospital. He retired from the police force in 1955. Survivors include his widow, Viola; five daughters, Mrs. Edith Timmer, Ananheim, Calif., Mrs. Dorothy Grinnell, Mrs. Betty Wells and Mrs. Ruth Witters, all of San Diego, and Mrs. Barbara Blair, Freeport; a son, John, Roscoe; four brothers, Richard and Robert, in California, and George and Benjamin, both of Freeport; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Kraft, Mrs. Grace Fye and Mrs. Gertrude Steffen, all of Freeport; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in the Walker Mortuary. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the mortuary.
He was buried on 19 Jun 1972 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Oakland Cemetery.[1]
John was born in 1905. He was the son of John Feld and Catherine Laymeyer. He passed away in 1972.
Sources
- ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174400284/john-g-feld: accessed 29 March 2023), memorial page for John G Feld (1 Aug 1905–17 Jun 1972), Find A Grave: Memorial #174400284, citing Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Maher Family (contributor 48361264).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~6.25%
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