Kracht, Albert John, 1908-1933

KRACHT, VANDENORD

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:38

From the Alton Democrat, August 11, 1933, Hull news:

Albert Kracht of Doon died at the local hospital Wednesday. He was kicked by a horse and received a fractured skull.

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From the Sioux County Index (Hull), August 4, 1933:

Albert Kracht, age 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bart Kracht of Doon, died at the local hospital Wednesday morning. Death was caused by a fractured skull. His brother found him unconscious behind the horses in the barn, Thursday evening. He had been kicked on the head and had lost considerable blood. He was brought to the hospital Friday but symptoms showed severe brain injury and he gradually grew worse until his death. Besides his parents he leaves five sisters and three brothers to mourn his passing. The funeral will take place at Rock Rapids.

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From the Chariton Leader, August 8, 1933:

Horse’s Kick Fatal to Youth

Albert Kratch[sic], 22-year-old farmer, who made his home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kracht, southwest of Rock Rapids, died in the hospital at that place Wednesday as the result of severe head injuries received on Thursday, when he was kicked by a horse.

The accident occurred at the farm home of Pete Kracht, a brother, who lives three miles east of Rock Rapids. Young Kracht was working in the barn at the time of his misfortune and it was there that relatives found him some time later. He was crumpled on the floor with an ugly wound on the right side of his head where the horse’s hoof had struck him and another wound on the back of his head where that member struck a two-by-four as he fell, or was thrown by the force of the blow.

Kracht was taken to the Rock Rapids hospital where his wounds were dressed, and then was removed to Hull, where he died Wednesday.

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His death certificate has Albert John Kracht, resident of Rock Rapids, Iowa for 12 years; a farmer; born April 13, 1908 in Holland; parents Bert Kracht and Jennie Van de Nord (informant John Kracht of Rock Rapids); died August 2, 1933 in the Hull Hospital; cause, "fracture base skull," kicked by horse, July 27, 1933.

The 1930 U.S. census shows the family to have immigrated to the United States in 1914.