Byron's mother and father were August and Magdalena Elizabeth "Lena" Winston Lurk.
When Byron was a boy, he and several boys went to a pond to cool off and swim. One of the boys wondered into deep water and began to have trouble, struggling to stay afloat. Byron, seeing the drowning boy, swam over and pulled him into shallow water, saving the boys life.
Byron and his wife Dora A. (Schweigert) Lurk married on October 20, 1931 at Sacred Heart Church in Dora's hometown of Ozora. They had four children.
1. Richard Lee Lurk
2. Barbara J (Lurk) Palmer (Nov 20, 1934 - Apr 16, 1985)
3. Royce L. Lurk (Dec 7, 1935 - Jan 23, 1995)
4. Lester Paul Lurk
In the 1970's Byron told the following story to his Grandson Dave Lurk. In 1937 Byron and his father August were farming the "Big Field". Byron was driving a tractor and August was at the edge of the field working on a planter. The sky became dark with rainclouds and Byron recalled feeling a tickling sensation on the back of his neck. Seconds later there was a flash and bang. August was hit by lightning. The bolt hitting August's shoulder and exiting out the palm of his hand as he dropped the steel pin into the hitch of the planter.
Byron and his brother Tom operated a dairy farm called Lurk's Dairy. They milked forty cows using automated milkers and cultivated the grain fields using a John Deere Tractor and teams of mules. The two brothers used a pick-up truck to deliver the milk and cream to their customers in Saint Genevieve.
One horrifying experience Bud had while returning from the "Big Field" was that during a powerful thunderstorm, the high water of the North Gabouri Creek swept him, mules and wagon off the low water bridge. Bud swam to safety and a neighbor (Tom Fleig) who lived nearby saved the mules, but most of the wagon swept away by the high water.
In October 1940 Byron and Tom dissolved thier partnership in the dairy farm. Byron and Dora purchased the Joe Trautman Farm near Bloomsdale, Missouri. Byron bought a new tractor (John Deere Model A) and two mules (Sam and Kate). Other job chores were butchering hogs for meat, sawing wood for heating, cooking, canning fruit and vegetables from the garden for winter food.
Byron and Dora sold the farm to their youngest son, Lester Lurk in 1967. Byron only partially retired. He continued to keep his hand in farming for several more years.
Buried with Byron and Dora is their great-granddaughter Angela Marie Basler (Aug 3, 1995 - Aug 3, 1995), who died in childbirth.
When Byron was a boy, he and several boys went to a pond to cool off and swim. One of the boys wondered into deep water and began to have trouble, struggling to stay afloat. Byron, seeing the drowning boy, swam over and pulled him into shallow water, saving the boys life.
Byron and his wife Dora A. (Schweigert) Lurk married on October 20, 1931 at Sacred Heart Church in Dora's hometown of Ozora. They had four children.
1. Richard Lee Lurk
2. Barbara J (Lurk) Palmer (Nov 20, 1934 - Apr 16, 1985)
3. Royce L. Lurk (Dec 7, 1935 - Jan 23, 1995)
4. Lester Paul Lurk
In the 1970's Byron told the following story to his Grandson Dave Lurk. In 1937 Byron and his father August were farming the "Big Field". Byron was driving a tractor and August was at the edge of the field working on a planter. The sky became dark with rainclouds and Byron recalled feeling a tickling sensation on the back of his neck. Seconds later there was a flash and bang. August was hit by lightning. The bolt hitting August's shoulder and exiting out the palm of his hand as he dropped the steel pin into the hitch of the planter.
Byron and his brother Tom operated a dairy farm called Lurk's Dairy. They milked forty cows using automated milkers and cultivated the grain fields using a John Deere Tractor and teams of mules. The two brothers used a pick-up truck to deliver the milk and cream to their customers in Saint Genevieve.
One horrifying experience Bud had while returning from the "Big Field" was that during a powerful thunderstorm, the high water of the North Gabouri Creek swept him, mules and wagon off the low water bridge. Bud swam to safety and a neighbor (Tom Fleig) who lived nearby saved the mules, but most of the wagon swept away by the high water.
In October 1940 Byron and Tom dissolved thier partnership in the dairy farm. Byron and Dora purchased the Joe Trautman Farm near Bloomsdale, Missouri. Byron bought a new tractor (John Deere Model A) and two mules (Sam and Kate). Other job chores were butchering hogs for meat, sawing wood for heating, cooking, canning fruit and vegetables from the garden for winter food.
Byron and Dora sold the farm to their youngest son, Lester Lurk in 1967. Byron only partially retired. He continued to keep his hand in farming for several more years.
Buried with Byron and Dora is their great-granddaughter Angela Marie Basler (Aug 3, 1995 - Aug 3, 1995), who died in childbirth.
Byron's mother and father were August and Magdalena Elizabeth "Lena" Winston Lurk.
When Byron was a boy, he and several boys went to a pond to cool off and swim. One of the boys wondered into deep water and began to have trouble, struggling to stay afloat. Byron, seeing the drowning boy, swam over and pulled him into shallow water, saving the boys life.
Byron and his wife Dora A. (Schweigert) Lurk married on October 20, 1931 at Sacred Heart Church in Dora's hometown of Ozora. They had four children.
1. Richard Lee Lurk
2. Barbara J (Lurk) Palmer (Nov 20, 1934 - Apr 16, 1985)
3. Royce L. Lurk (Dec 7, 1935 - Jan 23, 1995)
4. Lester Paul Lurk
In the 1970's Byron told the following story to his Grandson Dave Lurk. In 1937 Byron and his father August were farming the "Big Field". Byron was driving a tractor and August was at the edge of the field working on a planter. The sky became dark with rainclouds and Byron recalled feeling a tickling sensation on the back of his neck. Seconds later there was a flash and bang. August was hit by lightning. The bolt hitting August's shoulder and exiting out the palm of his hand as he dropped the steel pin into the hitch of the planter.
Byron and his brother Tom operated a dairy farm called Lurk's Dairy. They milked forty cows using automated milkers and cultivated the grain fields using a John Deere Tractor and teams of mules. The two brothers used a pick-up truck to deliver the milk and cream to their customers in Saint Genevieve.
One horrifying experience Bud had while returning from the "Big Field" was that during a powerful thunderstorm, the high water of the North Gabouri Creek swept him, mules and wagon off the low water bridge. Bud swam to safety and a neighbor (Tom Fleig) who lived nearby saved the mules, but most of the wagon swept away by the high water.
In October 1940 Byron and Tom dissolved thier partnership in the dairy farm. Byron and Dora purchased the Joe Trautman Farm near Bloomsdale, Missouri. Byron bought a new tractor (John Deere Model A) and two mules (Sam and Kate). Other job chores were butchering hogs for meat, sawing wood for heating, cooking, canning fruit and vegetables from the garden for winter food.
Byron and Dora sold the farm to their youngest son, Lester Lurk in 1967. Byron only partially retired. He continued to keep his hand in farming for several more years.
Buried with Byron and Dora is their great-granddaughter Angela Marie Basler (Aug 3, 1995 - Aug 3, 1995), who died in childbirth.
When Byron was a boy, he and several boys went to a pond to cool off and swim. One of the boys wondered into deep water and began to have trouble, struggling to stay afloat. Byron, seeing the drowning boy, swam over and pulled him into shallow water, saving the boys life.
Byron and his wife Dora A. (Schweigert) Lurk married on October 20, 1931 at Sacred Heart Church in Dora's hometown of Ozora. They had four children.
1. Richard Lee Lurk
2. Barbara J (Lurk) Palmer (Nov 20, 1934 - Apr 16, 1985)
3. Royce L. Lurk (Dec 7, 1935 - Jan 23, 1995)
4. Lester Paul Lurk
In the 1970's Byron told the following story to his Grandson Dave Lurk. In 1937 Byron and his father August were farming the "Big Field". Byron was driving a tractor and August was at the edge of the field working on a planter. The sky became dark with rainclouds and Byron recalled feeling a tickling sensation on the back of his neck. Seconds later there was a flash and bang. August was hit by lightning. The bolt hitting August's shoulder and exiting out the palm of his hand as he dropped the steel pin into the hitch of the planter.
Byron and his brother Tom operated a dairy farm called Lurk's Dairy. They milked forty cows using automated milkers and cultivated the grain fields using a John Deere Tractor and teams of mules. The two brothers used a pick-up truck to deliver the milk and cream to their customers in Saint Genevieve.
One horrifying experience Bud had while returning from the "Big Field" was that during a powerful thunderstorm, the high water of the North Gabouri Creek swept him, mules and wagon off the low water bridge. Bud swam to safety and a neighbor (Tom Fleig) who lived nearby saved the mules, but most of the wagon swept away by the high water.
In October 1940 Byron and Tom dissolved thier partnership in the dairy farm. Byron and Dora purchased the Joe Trautman Farm near Bloomsdale, Missouri. Byron bought a new tractor (John Deere Model A) and two mules (Sam and Kate). Other job chores were butchering hogs for meat, sawing wood for heating, cooking, canning fruit and vegetables from the garden for winter food.
Byron and Dora sold the farm to their youngest son, Lester Lurk in 1967. Byron only partially retired. He continued to keep his hand in farming for several more years.
Buried with Byron and Dora is their great-granddaughter Angela Marie Basler (Aug 3, 1995 - Aug 3, 1995), who died in childbirth.
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