Obit of Franklin Wilde (b.1925)"The Lake City Graphic" Wabasha Co., MN

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Note: This obituary was taken from the newspaper "The Lake City Graphic".
6/1960

Lightening Hits Millville Man
Franklin Wilde Killed Instantly

Franklin Wilde, 35 years of age, was killed instantly by a bolt of 
lightening while cultivating corn on the Russell Schwirtz farm in the 
Jacksonville area, Monday about 4:30 pm. The jolt threw him from the 
tractor and the accident was immediately noticed by his employer who was 
cultivating in the same field. Schwirtz had started to leave the field 
when the electrical storm came and Wilde was finishing his rows when the 
bolt struck him. The tractor started to take off wildly across the field, 
and Schwirtz ran after it, jumped on and turned off the ignition. 
Residents in the area reported a short but very sharp electrical storm. 
Wilde's father, Frank, died of a heart attack in a field only a short 
distance from this scene nearly 35 years ago. Mr. Wilde was single and 
lived with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Wilde in Jarrett. Mrs. John Jostock, 
Sr. and Mrs. Fred Murray of this city are his aunts and Bill Wilde is a 
cousin. He was born may 1, 1925 and had lived in the Millville area all 
his life. Funeral services are being held at 2 pm today from Grace 
Evangelical Church in Millville with burial in the Millville Cemetery.

Note: This obituary was taken from the newspaper "The Lake City Graphic".