Luke, William
Death
1891-01-17
(aged 49 years)
Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Cause of Death
Congestion of the Lungs
Birth
1842-12-28
Redruth, England
Gravestone
Location
NW.04.2
Obituary
On Saturday morning, Jan. 17, 1891, at his residence in this city, Mr. William Luke, of congestion of the lungs, aged 48 years. A large crowd of people, nearly sufficient to fill the P.M. church, attended the funeral of Mr. William Luke, who so suddenly was removed from our midst. He was dead before hardly anyone knew he was sick, attacked with congestion of the lungs on Wednesday, and silent in death at 7:00 clock on the morning of Saturday. People from surrounding places were not a few in number who were anxious to testify as best they may to the affection held for the departed and his family. And certainly, if the sympathy of this city for the family - as well as the feelings of respect for the deceased - be in proportion to the number of citizens who were in attendance at the ceremonies, then most assuredly can the family take all the consolation coming from such a circumstance. And such a feeling of respect and sympathy we know there was and now is. Mr. Luke was born in Cornwall, Eng. on the 28th of Dec. 1842; was a member of the P.M. church in this city; leaves a wife and three children to feel the bereavement of a true husband and father.
Mineral Point Tribune, Jan 1, 1891