Huebert, G. K. (d. 1935)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1935 Apr 3 p. 1

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Young Oklahoma Farmer Killed by Lightning Near His Home March 23.

Corn, Okla., march29. — G. K. Huebert, young farmer residing eight miles southwest of Corn was instantly killed when a bolt of lightning struck a wire fence with which he was working Saturday evening. The incident occurred at about 5:15 o'clock near his house.

Mr. and Mrs. Huebert recently moved to their farm six miles south and one and three-fourths west and another quarter mile south of corn. They had moved a home there recently and were at work improving the place in general.

At about 5:15 o'clock Mr. Huebert was in the act of attaching one of the wires of the fence to his garage building. Mrs. Huebert was near her husband when he was killed. Verner and Virginia Kiesau, small children who are making their home with the Huebert family were playing about the yard, at that fatal moment at the north end of the garage building while Mr. and Mrs. Huebert were working with the wire on the south end of the building. Mr. Huebert, wire in the left hand and a hammer in the right, was just in the act of driving the last nail which would have completed the fencing job when a bolt of lighting struck the wire somewhere further away. Mr. Huebert was knocked down, called his wife by name, mentioned a few words, and reeled about a few times and was dead, blood ozing [sic] out of his mouth and nose. Neighbors and a doctor soon arrived on the scene but all efforts at restoration failed.

Funeral services for the deceased were held at the local church Wednesday afternoon.

A large audience was present to pay their last respects to the departed. Following an appropriate selection by the church choir, Dr. H. W. Lohrenz addressed the bereaved audience in the American language. The Gospel Four quartet rendered a vocal number after which Rev. J. J. Wiebe gave an address in the German language.

Interment was made at the local M. B. south of Corn. — Washita Co. Enterprise.