Turner County, SD News.....Guy Rhode is Accidently Electrocuted August 22 1927 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: LW (Bill) Rhode billourhd1@juno.com March 6, 2004, 7:43 am New Era GUY RHODE IS ACCIDENTLY ELECTROCUTED __________ Telephone man repairing lines at Hurley comes In contact with power Co.’s wires on post. ____________ DEATH IS INSTATANEOUS ___________ Holding telephone wire in both hands, slack Contacts with high line serving wires. Blaze shoots forth and Rhode is dead at top Of telephone pole ____________ Parker people were stunned Monday afternoon when the report reached here that Guy H. Rhode was dead at Hurley. Details of the accident were meager and folks began to congregate to find out all that was possible of the catastrophe. It was soon learned that a pulmotor was enroute to Hurley from Sioux Falls. Dr. Redfield and Clarence Schuknecht of the fire department there to Hurley in forty minutes. They could do nothing upon their arrival, discovering that the entire charge of 33,000 volts had passed through the unfortunate man’s arm and chest. He had not however, been severely burned, undoubtedly due to the fact that the power by the telephone wire which he held in both hands at the top of the pole to which he had been strapped. Two assistants rushed to his aid and he was lowered by rope to the ground, where he gasped once. Artificial respiration was done to restore life but to no avail. Death was instantaneous. Guy Henry Rhode, oldest son of Mr and Mrs Henry H. Rhode was born in Cherokee Iowa, October 16 1885. With his parents he came to Parker when about 14 years old. With the exception of a brief residence in Tyndall, Kimball and Yankton, immediately following his marriage, Parker has been his residence since boyhood. He was united in marriage to Anna Kuckenbecker at Bridgewater, Dec. 17, 1907. Later there came to bless this home three sons, Leaonard, who for the past year has been a student at Yankton College; Lloyd and Robert, both students in Parker schools. Besides the wife and children, there remain the relatives, his father and mother, three brothers, Royal of Morris, Minn.; Leon of Alta, Iowa and Harold of Parker, and one sister Charolotte Rhode. Mr. Rhode began work for J.A. Steninger when only 17 years old and for the past years has been continually in his employ. He practically grew up in the telephone businessand knew the work in its many details. Few men are more efficient in any line of work. Death came while faithfully preforming his duties, he being at work on the line at Hurley, Monday afternonn, August 29, when he came in contact with a live wire and his life was given as a true servant of labor. Mr Rhode will be missed in the community as he had always been interested in the good of Parker and her people. He served as councilman for one term. Being a natural musician, he did much to promote this art. He was organizer and leader of the Masonic band and only last year began work with the Parker band which is mainly composed of boys who have been making fine progress under his leadership He was a member of the Masonic order, the Odd Fellows, Workmen, Rebekah and Eastern Star. He had passed through the chairs in both the Masonic order and the Odd Fellows. It was while he was Master of the Masonic Lodge that he organized the Parker Masonic band. His death was a great shock to the entire community and the loss will be keenly felt. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church at 2:00 p.m. Thursday with Rev. R.G. Minkler in charge, internment being at Rosehill cemetery, Parker. The Masonic Lodge had charge of the services at the grave. The Odd Fellows were present in a body and the boys band of which Mr. Rhode was leader, played at the grave. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/sdfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb