Timothy Voelker Killed

VOELKER

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 1/27/2009 at 11:04:15

Maquoketa Excelsior-Record
October 10, 1913

Monmouth Resident Killed
Thrown From Horse, Has Neck Broken and Dies Almost Instantly.

Timothy Voelker, a prominent resident of the vicinity of Baldwin, was thrown from a horse Sunday and had his neck broken, death resulting almost instantly. Sunday morning he started out on horseback to take a ride over the farm, and had gone but a short distance when the horse stepped off a bank into a ditch, throwing the driver. Deceased was 67 years old and is survived by a wife and family.