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Times-Republican
Thursday May 8, 1930 p. 4
Geo. W. Fluke
Geo. W. Fluke, a well-known and prominent citizen of Hopkins, passed away at his home there Tuesday morning. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church in Hopkins, Wednesday afternoon, conducted by the pastor of that church. Interment was made in the Hopkins cemetery. Mr. Fluke was the father of Mrs. George McMasters [Maude] of south of Bedford.
[Fluke, George W.]
Times-Republican
Thursday May 15, 1930 p. 2
George W. Fluke
Geo. W. Fluke, a well-known and prominent citizen of Hopkins, passed away Tuesday morning, May 6, the immediate cause of his death being uremic poisoning. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Baptist church, conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. L. Gartin, and burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.
George W. Fluke was born on March 30, 1848, at Brownsville, Licking County, Ohio, and died at his home in Hopkins, Mo., May 6, 1930, aged 81 years, 10 months, and 24 days. He was the son of Jesse P. [enell] and Abigail Ash Fluke, and when about 7 years old moved with his parents to Lewistown, Fulton County, Ill., where he grew to manhood. On June 24, 1873, he was united in marriage to Sarah Ellen Prickett, of Lewistown, and the first years of their married life was spent on a farm in the vicinity of Lewistown. In 1881, with their two daughters, they moved to a farm 8 miles southwest of Bedford, Iowa, where they resided for over 30 years. In 1913, he retired from farming and with his wife moved to Hopkins, where he retired until his death. In 1882 he united with the Baptist church at Hazel Dell, where he remained a faithful member for more than 45 years. About one year ago he transferred his membership to the First Baptist Church of Hopkins. He was a man of sterling worth and high ideals, numbering his friends by his acquaintance, every ready to assist anyone in need and contributed to every worthy enterprise. He was always active in community affairs and contributed much toward the development of the county in which he so long lived as well as the community here. He leaves to mourn for him his faithful wife of fifty-seven years; one son, J. Clyde Fluke of Brawley, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Chas. [George] McMaster [Maude], of near Bedford, Ia.; one daughter preceding him in death. Three brothers and two sisters survive him, C.[harles] M. [anley] Fluke of Athelstan, Ia.; R. [ichard] H. Fluke of Avon, Ill.; and Russell Fluke of Lewistown, Ill. The two sisters are Mrs. Henriette Cramblett, of Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs. Edith G. Hood of Canton, Ill. Besides these, other relatives and a host of friends mourn his passing.
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1848 - 1930 (82 years)