Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-15
WOODMEN MOURN
HONORED LEADER
FRED A. FALKENBURG CLAIMED
BY DEATH
Head Consul Of Woodmen Of World
and President of the National
FraternaI Congress Has
Passed Away

Fred A. Falkenburg, head consul of
the woodmen of the World who had
been critically i'll in Los Angeles for
several weeks, died yesterday morning
at his temporary home, 1911 West Sew
enth street, at 7:O5 O'Clock.
The body lay in state at the funeral
parlors of Cunningham e. O'Connor
yesterday afternoon from to 5
o'clock The remains were shipped last
evening to Denver, accompanied by
John II. Foley, head adviser of the
Woodmen of the World, who will act
as head consul pro TEN. Mrs. Falken-
burg, with her daughter, Miss Jessie,
and Mr.. McHenry, Mr.. Falkenburg's
private secretary, also accompanied
the remains. On the arrival of the
family in Denver the funeral will be
held under the auspices of the order
The early departure of the family was
necessitated by the condition of Mrs
Falkenburg, who is an invalid.
Honored by Orders
In the death of Fred A. Falkenburg
the fraternal societies of this country
have lost brother who was one Of the
best known men in fraternal circles
and who had been honored with the
highest office bestowed by the societies.
that of president of the National Fra
ternal congress. Mr.. Falkenburg was
widely known as the founder of the
Woodmen of the World.
He attended the large initiation held
last July at Mt. Love- since which
time his health had rapidly failed, the
immediate cause of death being
complication of diseases brought on by
Bright's disease and nervous prostra-
tion. He came to Los Angeles with
his wife and daughter several weeks
ago, in the hope that the climatic
change would prove beneficial Almost
since the day of his arrival he has been
in a critical state, for several days
having been in a state of coma, rally
ing at intervals when he recognized his
wife and daughter.
Mr.. Falkenburg was born in Indiana
in 1857, the son of Rev. S. b. Falken-
burg, O. Methodist minister. AS a stu
dent he received high honors and was
admitted to the bar of the supreme court
in the state of Indiana in 1879. Later he
resigned the practice of law in Indian
apolis to become auditor of the Toledo,
Cincinnati & st. Louis railroad. He
resigned this position and became
treasurer of a large publishing house
in Chicago, Following this he entered
the fire insurance business in charge of
sub-agency accounts for thirteen north
western states.
Appointed Head Consul
During his residence in Lincoln, Neb..
Mr.. Falkenburg became identified with
fraternal order work and was ap-
pointed by Head Consul J. C. Root as
one of his deputies in extending the
order of Modern Woodmen of America.
While in the service of this order he
removed with his family to Denver in
1859, where he had since made his
of the Modern Woodmen extended
beyond it's charter limits, with j. C.
Root he founded the Woodmen of the
World on June 6, 1890, since which
time he had been head consul of the
western or Pacific division. He was
also sovereign adviser of the eastern
or sovereign jurisdiction and was COM
manding general of the uniform rank
of the entire order.
During the service of Mr.. Falken-
burg the society became the largest
fraternal insurance order in the field.
The degree of LII. D. was conferred
on him by the University of Nashville
several years ago.
At the meeting of the National Fra
ternal congress held in st. Louis dur
ing the worlds fair Mr.. Falkenburg
was elected president.