Husband of Mary Evans
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, November 2, 1911
PIONEER CITIZEN INSTANTLY KILLED
The community was terrible shocked last Monday morning, Oct. 30, 1911, by the awful news that David Fluke, one of our best and most highly respected citizens, had been struck by passenger train No. 3 and almost instantly killed.
Mr. Fluke had gone to the depot with the intention of boarding No. 3 for Osceola to spend the day with his son, Al Fluke and family. The accident happened directly in front of the depot.
Mr. Fluke was standing on the platform next to the depot, and seemingly did not notice that No. 3 was approaching from the east until it was very close to the station. Knowing that passengers for west bound trains were expected to cross from the depot to the brick platform on the opposite side of the tracks, he attempted to cross the track in front of the approaching train, but was struck by the engine when another step or two would have placed him in safety.
He was hurled to the platform and when bystanders reached him life was extinct. His leg and arm were broken and his skull was fractured. Relatives were notified of the awful accident, and the remains were removed to the family residence on east Linden avenue.
Largely attended funeral services, conducted by his pastor, Rev. W. G. Hohanshelt, were held yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, at the M. E. church, after which interment took place in the Chariton cemetery. The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful, and bore testimony to the high regard in which deceased was held as well as sympathy for the relatives.
David Fluke was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 20, 1825. He was married there on December 27, 1846, to Miss Mary Evans, who passed away about seventeen years ago. To them eleven children were born, eight of whom are living. They are Oliver, of Plainview, Texas; John, of Sugar City, Coloraod; Al, of Osceola; Mrs. Lizzie Hedges, of St. Joe, Mo.; Mrs. Jennie Henry, of Villisca, Iowa; Mrs. Viola Kelley, of Corning, Kansas; Levi and Miss Maggie, of this city. Three sons, Casper, Joe and George have passed away.
In October, 1867, the family came from Pennsylvania to Iowa, locating on a farm in Pleasant township, this county, where they resided until about twenty years ago, when they came to Chariton and this place has since been their home.
Mr. Fluke was converted many years ago and united with the M. E. church, of which he has since been a faithful and devoted member. He attended divine services last Sunday and gave little thought that before another day had passed he would have interred into his eternal rest.
David Fluke was a grand, good man, and so far as is known did not have an enemy in the world. He as quiet and unassuming, possessed a genial disposition and had a pleasant word for every one. The knowledge that he had an unsullied name, that he always stood for what was right and just, that none speak of him but in the highest terms, will a grain of comfort to the surviving children in their bitter grief.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, November 2, 1911
PIONEER CITIZEN INSTANTLY KILLED
The community was terrible shocked last Monday morning, Oct. 30, 1911, by the awful news that David Fluke, one of our best and most highly respected citizens, had been struck by passenger train No. 3 and almost instantly killed.
Mr. Fluke had gone to the depot with the intention of boarding No. 3 for Osceola to spend the day with his son, Al Fluke and family. The accident happened directly in front of the depot.
Mr. Fluke was standing on the platform next to the depot, and seemingly did not notice that No. 3 was approaching from the east until it was very close to the station. Knowing that passengers for west bound trains were expected to cross from the depot to the brick platform on the opposite side of the tracks, he attempted to cross the track in front of the approaching train, but was struck by the engine when another step or two would have placed him in safety.
He was hurled to the platform and when bystanders reached him life was extinct. His leg and arm were broken and his skull was fractured. Relatives were notified of the awful accident, and the remains were removed to the family residence on east Linden avenue.
Largely attended funeral services, conducted by his pastor, Rev. W. G. Hohanshelt, were held yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, at the M. E. church, after which interment took place in the Chariton cemetery. The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful, and bore testimony to the high regard in which deceased was held as well as sympathy for the relatives.
David Fluke was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 20, 1825. He was married there on December 27, 1846, to Miss Mary Evans, who passed away about seventeen years ago. To them eleven children were born, eight of whom are living. They are Oliver, of Plainview, Texas; John, of Sugar City, Coloraod; Al, of Osceola; Mrs. Lizzie Hedges, of St. Joe, Mo.; Mrs. Jennie Henry, of Villisca, Iowa; Mrs. Viola Kelley, of Corning, Kansas; Levi and Miss Maggie, of this city. Three sons, Casper, Joe and George have passed away.
In October, 1867, the family came from Pennsylvania to Iowa, locating on a farm in Pleasant township, this county, where they resided until about twenty years ago, when they came to Chariton and this place has since been their home.
Mr. Fluke was converted many years ago and united with the M. E. church, of which he has since been a faithful and devoted member. He attended divine services last Sunday and gave little thought that before another day had passed he would have interred into his eternal rest.
David Fluke was a grand, good man, and so far as is known did not have an enemy in the world. He as quiet and unassuming, possessed a genial disposition and had a pleasant word for every one. The knowledge that he had an unsullied name, that he always stood for what was right and just, that none speak of him but in the highest terms, will a grain of comfort to the surviving children in their bitter grief.
Husband of Mary Evans
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, November 2, 1911
PIONEER CITIZEN INSTANTLY KILLED
The community was terrible shocked last Monday morning, Oct. 30, 1911, by the awful news that David Fluke, one of our best and most highly respected citizens, had been struck by passenger train No. 3 and almost instantly killed.
Mr. Fluke had gone to the depot with the intention of boarding No. 3 for Osceola to spend the day with his son, Al Fluke and family. The accident happened directly in front of the depot.
Mr. Fluke was standing on the platform next to the depot, and seemingly did not notice that No. 3 was approaching from the east until it was very close to the station. Knowing that passengers for west bound trains were expected to cross from the depot to the brick platform on the opposite side of the tracks, he attempted to cross the track in front of the approaching train, but was struck by the engine when another step or two would have placed him in safety.
He was hurled to the platform and when bystanders reached him life was extinct. His leg and arm were broken and his skull was fractured. Relatives were notified of the awful accident, and the remains were removed to the family residence on east Linden avenue.
Largely attended funeral services, conducted by his pastor, Rev. W. G. Hohanshelt, were held yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, at the M. E. church, after which interment took place in the Chariton cemetery. The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful, and bore testimony to the high regard in which deceased was held as well as sympathy for the relatives.
David Fluke was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 20, 1825. He was married there on December 27, 1846, to Miss Mary Evans, who passed away about seventeen years ago. To them eleven children were born, eight of whom are living. They are Oliver, of Plainview, Texas; John, of Sugar City, Coloraod; Al, of Osceola; Mrs. Lizzie Hedges, of St. Joe, Mo.; Mrs. Jennie Henry, of Villisca, Iowa; Mrs. Viola Kelley, of Corning, Kansas; Levi and Miss Maggie, of this city. Three sons, Casper, Joe and George have passed away.
In October, 1867, the family came from Pennsylvania to Iowa, locating on a farm in Pleasant township, this county, where they resided until about twenty years ago, when they came to Chariton and this place has since been their home.
Mr. Fluke was converted many years ago and united with the M. E. church, of which he has since been a faithful and devoted member. He attended divine services last Sunday and gave little thought that before another day had passed he would have interred into his eternal rest.
David Fluke was a grand, good man, and so far as is known did not have an enemy in the world. He as quiet and unassuming, possessed a genial disposition and had a pleasant word for every one. The knowledge that he had an unsullied name, that he always stood for what was right and just, that none speak of him but in the highest terms, will a grain of comfort to the surviving children in their bitter grief.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, November 2, 1911
PIONEER CITIZEN INSTANTLY KILLED
The community was terrible shocked last Monday morning, Oct. 30, 1911, by the awful news that David Fluke, one of our best and most highly respected citizens, had been struck by passenger train No. 3 and almost instantly killed.
Mr. Fluke had gone to the depot with the intention of boarding No. 3 for Osceola to spend the day with his son, Al Fluke and family. The accident happened directly in front of the depot.
Mr. Fluke was standing on the platform next to the depot, and seemingly did not notice that No. 3 was approaching from the east until it was very close to the station. Knowing that passengers for west bound trains were expected to cross from the depot to the brick platform on the opposite side of the tracks, he attempted to cross the track in front of the approaching train, but was struck by the engine when another step or two would have placed him in safety.
He was hurled to the platform and when bystanders reached him life was extinct. His leg and arm were broken and his skull was fractured. Relatives were notified of the awful accident, and the remains were removed to the family residence on east Linden avenue.
Largely attended funeral services, conducted by his pastor, Rev. W. G. Hohanshelt, were held yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, at the M. E. church, after which interment took place in the Chariton cemetery. The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful, and bore testimony to the high regard in which deceased was held as well as sympathy for the relatives.
David Fluke was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 20, 1825. He was married there on December 27, 1846, to Miss Mary Evans, who passed away about seventeen years ago. To them eleven children were born, eight of whom are living. They are Oliver, of Plainview, Texas; John, of Sugar City, Coloraod; Al, of Osceola; Mrs. Lizzie Hedges, of St. Joe, Mo.; Mrs. Jennie Henry, of Villisca, Iowa; Mrs. Viola Kelley, of Corning, Kansas; Levi and Miss Maggie, of this city. Three sons, Casper, Joe and George have passed away.
In October, 1867, the family came from Pennsylvania to Iowa, locating on a farm in Pleasant township, this county, where they resided until about twenty years ago, when they came to Chariton and this place has since been their home.
Mr. Fluke was converted many years ago and united with the M. E. church, of which he has since been a faithful and devoted member. He attended divine services last Sunday and gave little thought that before another day had passed he would have interred into his eternal rest.
David Fluke was a grand, good man, and so far as is known did not have an enemy in the world. He as quiet and unassuming, possessed a genial disposition and had a pleasant word for every one. The knowledge that he had an unsullied name, that he always stood for what was right and just, that none speak of him but in the highest terms, will a grain of comfort to the surviving children in their bitter grief.
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