William Luikart 1854-1929

LUIKART, BARBER, STEELE

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/18/2011 at 21:17:48

Pioneer Found Dead on Farm
Heart Failure Attack is Fatal
William Luikart, 75, was found dead at 5:30 Tuesday [July 9, 1929] afternoon at the Albert Irwin farm, one half mile from Huntington. It is believed that he had an attack of heart failure while riding a corn plow, and fell off as the horses were still going.

Mr. Zelmer happened to be going past and noticed the team backing up and the plow without a driver. He found Mr. Luikart under the plow, and his fact trampled by the horses’ hoofs. A physician was called who said that Mr. Luikart had evidently died before he had fallen off the plow.

Mr. Luikart was a respected pioneer of Emmet county. He and Mrs. Luikart lived several years on a farm north of Estherville. Besides his grieved widow, he is survived by two children, Mrs. Agnes Steele of South Dakota, and Clem Luikart of Minneapolis.

Definite funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but services will probably be at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon at the Baptist church, in charge of the Rev. F. Yearnd. (Estherville News, Estherville, IA, July 11, 1929)

Funeral Held for W. Luikart, County Pioneer
Funeral services were held Friday for William Luikart, 75, who was found dead last Tuesday afternoon at the Albert Irwin farm under a plow. The Rev. F. Yearnd was in charge and burial was in Oak Hill cemetery.

William Luikart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Luikart, was born in Monroe county, O., Feb. 4, 1854. He came to Emmet county on Nov. 25, 1880. He was married to Melinda Barber.

To this union two children were born, Agnes Steele of Lake Norden, S.D., and Clem of Minneapolis, Minn. He was confirmed in the Lutheran church when a boy. Later in life he united with the Baptist church, and has lived a consistent Christian life.

He leaves to mourn his loss beside his widow and children, one brother, Jake, of Ohio, three grandchildren, Ralph and Roland Steele and Kenneth Luikart. His father and mother and four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. (Estherville News, Estherville, IA, July 18, 1929)