Volk, Anton Constand

1897 - 1982  (84 years)

• Name	Volk, Anton Constand
  Birth	19 May 1897	Jasper County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	VOLK.A002
  _FGRAVE	24283996
  Death	7 Jan 1982	Olney Care Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Burial	Holy Cross Cemetery, Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois
  Person ID	I42278	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family	Kuenstler, Catherine Frances 'Kate',   b. 13 Apr 1897, Clay County, Illinois d. 15 Nov 1980, Olney Care Center, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Volk, Marie,   b. 15 Apr 1922, Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois d. 1 Jan 2022, Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Marshall County, Indiana (Age 99 years)   2. Volk, Ernestine Philomena,   b. 31 Dec 1922, Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois d. 4 Dec 2010, Donaldson, Marshall County, Indiana (Age 87 years)   3. Volk, Virgil Henry,   b. 1 Nov 1924, Illinois d. 1 Jun 1951 (Age 26 years)   4. Volk, Anton Joseph 'Andy',   b. 10 May 1926, Wendelin, Clay County, Illinois d. 30 Jun 2010, Apostolic Christian Restmor, Morton, Tazewell County, Illinoi (Age 84 years)   5. Volk, Don L.,   b. 19 Oct 1929, Clay County, Illinois d. 5 Feb 2011, St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois (Age 81 years)   6. Volk, Louis George,   b. 31 Jan 1932, Illinois d. 5 Nov 2009, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 77 years)   7. Volk, E.
  Family ID	F16486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Anton C. Volk, 84, Ingraham, died at 3 a.m. Thursday in the Olney Care Center. Services will be in the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Wendelin with Rev. Father Bernard Goedde presiding. Visitation will be in the Summers Funeral Home. The Holy Rosary will be recited and the Olney Council of Knights of Columbus will attend as a group. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. Volk was born May 19, 1897 in Jasper County, the son of Anton and Philomena (Rauch) Volk. He married Catherine Kuenstler April 12, 1921 and she preceded him in death Nov. 15, 1980. He was a farmer and a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church. Survivors include three sons, Donald, Ingraham; Louis, Claremont; and Anton, Washington; three daughters, Sister Loretta of St. Ignatius Parish, Hecker; Sister Mary Antoinette of St. Ignatius Parish in Chicago; and Ethel Zwilling, Claremont; two sisters, Agatha Mundy, Bement; and Minnie Kocher, Newton; 31 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; a son, Virgil, who was killed in the Korean Conflict; a grandchild; four sisters; and four brothers. Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, January 7.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4700] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 19, page 10a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).