Herbert Keith Eike (1895-1932)

EIKE, COLE, NOLAN

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Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:02

The Eagle Grove Eagle
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Thursday, May 05, 1932
Page 1, Column 4

Clarion Brakeman Killed at Oelwein

Herbert Eike of Clarion, a Chicago Great Western brakeman, was fatally injured in the yards at Oelwein Sunday night. He was hurt about 11 o’clock and died at 1 a. m. Monday. Both legs and an arm were cut off. Eike was married and is survived by his wife and two children. He formerly lived in Eagle Grove, being the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Eike. Mr. Eike conducted a small shoe repairing shop on the East Side. The details of the fatal accident are not available at this time. Eike was not on duty. It is assumed that he was enroute to his way car and perhaps endeavored to catch a ride on a passing train or was run down by a switch engine. The remains were held in Oelwein Monday for the coroner’s inquest.

Later: There were no witnesses to the accident and it will probably never be know how he was killed. Funeral services were held Wednesday and burial was in Rose Hill cemetery, Eagle Grove.

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Kossuth County Advance -- Algona, Iowa
12 May 1932

LEGION OFFICIATES AT EIKE FUNERAL
Funeral services for Herbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Eike, Algona, were held last week Wednesday at the Methodist church, Clarion. Mr. Eike was killed a week ago Monday, when he was run down by a railroad switch engine at Oelwein. He was a brakeman. The services were under the auspices of the Clarion Legion post, and group organizations besides the Legionnaires in attendance were the Brotherhood of R. R. trainmen, the Auxiliary of the same organization and the Clarion H. S. senior class.

Burial was made at Eagle Grove. Mr. Eike enlisted in the army aviation service in December, 1917, and spent most of his army days a Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. He was 36 years old, and was born at Thor. He attended school at Eagle Grove and Clarion, and he had been employed on the Chicago Great Western for 15 years.

He married Dora Jane Cole, Clarion, May 12, 1921, and she, with two children, Elizabeth Jane, 12, and Herbert Lewis, 6, survives. Herbert was confirmed in the Eagle Grove Lutheran Church when he was 14.

From out-of-town in attendance at the services were his parents, of Algona; his brothers, Lawrence, of Clarinda, and Oscar, Eldora; his sister, Mrs. P. D. Nolan, Eldora, her husband, and son; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Whiteman, Kewanee, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Ersland, Thor; Mary E. French, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brainerd, South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Dora Fitch and Mrs. George Peterson, Omaha, and her son Harold.

October 26, 1895 – May 2, 1932