GERKEY, William – Died 1897

GERKEY, GERKY

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 12/6/2020 at 15:19:10

Source: Decorah Republican June 10, 1897 P 5 C 2

Killed by Lightning.
Waukon, Ia. June 6.—William Gerkey, single, age 23, who was, with his father and a hired man, seeking shelter from a thunder storm in a vacant building on their farm twelve miles north of Waukon, met instant death by lightning at 6 p. m. Saturday. The others were uninjured.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows a William Gerky who was 28 years old and was married who died on this date. He was born August 14, 1868 and is buried in Lansing Ridge Cemetery.