Source: 1902 Rockford Illinois; Some Half-Tones of the Forest City from Fotografs by O.H. Wheat
August P. Floberg
Excel Manufacturing Co. – February 1926
Source: The Rockford Furniture Herald February 1926
Excel Manufacturing Co., August P Floberg, president; Al Carlson, vice-president and supt; John A Carlstrom, sec-treas; furniture manufacturers, 1107 Seminary St. Source: McCoy’s Rockford City Directory for 1926
Mechanics Furniture Co. – May 1925
Source: Rockford Furniture Herald May 1925
Mechanics Furniture Co., P A Peterson, pres; Chas F Tholin, v-pres; Ralph A. Nelson, sec; August P Floberg, treas; 1100 Seminary. Source: 1925 McCoy’s Rockford City Directory
August P. Floberg – 1903
Star Furniture Co. – 1891
Star Furniture Co. Located at the corner of Eighteenth Avenue and Fourteenth St; manufacturers of combination book and library cases, hall trees. Capital stock, $100,000. Its present officers are: F. G. Hogland, President; Anthony Stenholm, Vice-President; August P. Floberg, Treasurer; P. G. Lundquist, Secretary; G. L. Wenerstrom, Superintendent. They employ 140 hands, with an annual pay roll of $60.000; annual product, $125,000; factory is built of brick 80 x 160 feet, four stories high, and it is their intention to build this summer a warehouse 80 x 160 feet, four stories high.
Source: “Industrial and Picturesque Rockford,: by Eugene Browne and F. Ford Rowe, page 33, published 1891.
Manufacturers of hall racks, combination, cylinder and library cases, side boards, etc. Source: 1892 Philippi’s Rockford City Directory
Arthur R. Floberg
Arthur R. Floberg
President of Rockford Park District Board since 1927
Former President of Manufacturers National Bank
Member of Rockford Country Club for 15 years
For ten years he was the director of the campaign for Louis L. Ammerson for Governor of Illinois
Former member of the Winnebago County Board of Surveyors
Member of Trinity Lutheran Church
Son of Swedish settlers
Born in Rockford May 23, 1884
Father: Arthur F. Floberg
Grandfather: August P. Floberg
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Floberg, whom he married in 1907
Survived by two sisters: Frances and Mamie, and a brother, Fred A. Floberg, all of Rockford

Source: Rockford Register Republic, 08/28/1931