California Obituaries
Los Angeles County 

Wilhelm Rudolph Louis Morlock

Submitted by Todd Rugee 2006

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From original 21 Feb 1912 newspaper obit held in 2006 by Todd Rugee, Los 
Angeles, CA. - 

MORLOCK, WILLIAM R. L.
MORLOCK, Wilhelm Rudolph Louis (1841-1912) Proprietor Sud-California 
Post - 107 1/2 North Main Street, Los Angeles, California - HIS 
"THIRTY" IS SOUNDED - German Journalist Passes Away In This City After Eventful 
Career. - Established Paper Here. - William R. L. Morlock, editor and owner of 
the Southern California Post, a German weekly, died yesterday morning at his 
residence, No. 730 East Twelfth street. He was 71 years of age. The funeral will 
be held this afternoon at the residence. He is survived by a widow and four 
children, Mrs. Clara Schreiber, Max, Eugene and Minnie Morlock. - Morlock was a 
popular journalist and his paper enjoys an extensive circulation among the 
Germans of Los Angeles and near-by cities. - He was born in 1841 in Esslingen, 
Wurtemburg, Germany. He worked as a jeweler after graduating from high school 
and lyceum in his native city. In 1872 he was elected to a position 
corresponding to the councilmen of fifth class cities in California, and five 
years later was elevated to the position of Mayor in Esslingen. - In 1884 he 
came to America, going to Pittsburgh, where he was editor of the Sontaggsblatt. 
He went to Seattle in 1887, and then to Los Angeles, where he established the 
Post, which was at first a daily.