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From the Ipswich Tribune Thursday, June 10, 1930

Albert Jeschke Killed by Lightning Thursday

Albert Jeschke of near Roscoe met death early last Thursday morning during the electric storm which passed through the county. Mr. Jeschke was struck by lightning, the bolt penetrating from the shoulder to the hip, causing instant death.

The family has just returned from a birthday party at the home of Mr. Jeschke’s mother Mrs. Adolph Jeschke of Roscoe and was preparing to retire when the lightning struck the house. He was carrying an oil lamp and the contents were ignited and burned his body severely. All clothes except one shoe was torn from the body. A sister-in-law, Miss Elsie Klicko, standing nearby was dazed but unhurt and other members of the family escaped uninjured. The house was damaged to a great extent.

Mr. Jeschke was 34 years of age. He leaves to mourn, his wife and a three year old son Harold, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jeschke, sisters Miss Erma Jeschke, Mrs. K. C. Vik and Mrs. R. M. Hasvold of Aberdeen, Miss Marie Jeschke of Roscoe, and Mrs. Jack Dalton of Dallas, Texas; two brothers David and Arthur of Roscoe.

Funeral services were held Saturday at the Lutheran church at Roscoe and interment in the Roscoe Cemetery.