Woldt, William (died 1914)

WOLDT, HUECKE

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Date: 1/8/2021 at 20:22:26

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, May 15, 1914

HIS FIRST RIDE ON MACHINE
Young Rider Was Trying Out His New Purchase and While Speeding Around a Sharp Curve Dashed Off Culvert Into a Tree.

William Woldt, a youth twenty-one years old, of Hinton, received fatal injuries on Thursday nine miles east of Hinton, while learning to ride an Indian motorcycle which he had just purchased. It was his first essay on the machine and while going at a fast rate of speed in turning a corner near the United Brethren church, he ran off a culvert and crashed into a tree. He was found unconscious and was picked up and hurried to a hospital in Sioux City where an examination showed that his skull had been fractured. He died in the evening without regaining consciousness.

Young Woldt bought the motorcycle the day previous and a short time after it had been delivered started to take his initial ride. According to those who saw him after he had started, the machine was going at a pretty fast pace. Where the accident took place there is a sharp turn in the road and young Woldt apparently lost control of his machine.

Will Woldt made his home with his brother-in-law, Hugh Huecke, near Hinton. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Huecke, and Miss Anna Woldt, of near Hinton, and Miss Mamie Woldt, of Pipestone, Minn. He was a nephew of Albert Woldt and Mrs. Jahns, also residing in that vicinity.

The Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at the Lincoln Lutheran church and interment made in the Lincoln township (sic Lutheran) cemetery.