Harry Dwight Lucas 1910-1952

LUCAS, ERICKSON, VAN VALKENBURG, PETERSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 8/22/2010 at 09:11:45

Heart Attack Fatal to Dwight Lucas

A heart attack suffered while walking from his car to a drug store in Minneapolis, proved instantly fatal this morning to Dwight Lucas, 43, formerly of Estherville.

His sister, Mrs. Cecil Erickson of Estherville, received a telephone call about 9 o’clock this morning informing her of her brother’s death but did not learn the exact circumstances. She, Mr. Erickson and Mr. Lucas’ mother, Mrs. Justus Peterson, planned to go to Minneapolis shortly after noon to make funeral arrangements. An aunt, Mrs. Ray Van Valkenburg planned to accompany them. Mrs. Erickson said the funeral will be held in Estherville but the exact time will be decided when word is received from a brother, Major C. R. Lucas who is on duty in Japan.

Mr. Lucas moved to Minneapolis 10 years ago from Estherville and had been employed by a railroad there.

Surviving are his mother, his sister and brother and three children, Mondell of Estherville and Bonnie and Donna of Minneapolis. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 17, 1952)

Lucas Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Dwight Lucas, 43-year-old railroad man who formerly lived here have been set at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Sternborg funeral home, the Rev. G. E. Forssell officiating. Burial will be in Oakhill cemetery. Mr. Lucas died Saturday morning of a heart attack in Minneapolis, where he has been living for the past 10 years, as he was walking from his car to a drug store. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 19, 1952

Harry Lucas Succumbed to Heart Attack

Pallbearers for Harry Dwight Lucas, who was buried at Oakhill cemetery Tuesday afternoon, were Clyde Sanborn, Carl Anderson, Glenn Story, Merton Mason, Bert Schultz and Pete Burkhart.

Mr. Lucas died Friday of a heart attack in Minneapolis just two days after his 42nd birthday. He was born May 14, 1910, the son of Mrs. Justus Peterson of Estherville and the late Roy W. Lucas.

Surviving his death are three daughters, Mondelle, Bonnie and Donna of Minneapolis; his mother; a sister, Mrs. Cecil Erickson of Estherville; his brother, Major C. R. Lucas in the armed services in Japan; his aunt, Mrs. Ray Van Valkenburg of Estherville; two uncles, Bert Lucas of Freeburg, Neb., and Will Lucas of Clear Lake; and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Lucas had been working for the Northern Pacific railroad in Minneapolis for the past 10 years.

Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Monday in Minneapolis at the Little House of Flowers and at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sternborg funeral home.

Persons from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Knopf, Mercy, Boebby, Rodger Lungren and Donald Wheage, all of Minneapolis, Mrs. Lucy McGinus and Fred Lanford of Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClintock of Harris, Warren Lucas of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bentley of Spirit Lake. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 22, 1952)