Charles, or "Snooks" as he was known to his family, was the second of six children of Ernie and Lena (Sigurdson) Hake. He was born in Blaine, Whatcom, Washington. For the birth of her first two children, Lena Hake had returned to her parents' home. They were immigrants from Iceland. Ernie and Lena had married in Seattle and lived in several locations until settling in Toppenish, Washington in 1912.
On the day Snooks died his father Ernie had gone to town to run errands and had a number of kids with him. He thought Snooks was one of them. When someone came and told him that Snooks had been killed in an accident he thought the fellow was wrong, until he looked at the kids with him and didn't see Snooks, then he knew it must be true.
Ernie was a hay baler with two thirteen-man crews. On that day some of the equipment was being moved from one hay field to another and Snooks had stayed with the crew responsible for the move. For fun, Snooks would jump up on the very slow-moving machine, run to the other side, jump off, run around and do it again. As the news article included with the photos reports, he jumped directly in front of an oncoming car was was killed instantly.
On the day Snooks died his father Ernie had gone to town to run errands and had a number of kids with him. He thought Snooks was one of them. When someone came and told him that Snooks had been killed in an accident he thought the fellow was wrong, until he looked at the kids with him and didn't see Snooks, then he knew it must be true.
Ernie was a hay baler with two thirteen-man crews. On that day some of the equipment was being moved from one hay field to another and Snooks had stayed with the crew responsible for the move. For fun, Snooks would jump up on the very slow-moving machine, run to the other side, jump off, run around and do it again. As the news article included with the photos reports, he jumped directly in front of an oncoming car was was killed instantly.
Charles, or "Snooks" as he was known to his family, was the second of six children of Ernie and Lena (Sigurdson) Hake. He was born in Blaine, Whatcom, Washington. For the birth of her first two children, Lena Hake had returned to her parents' home. They were immigrants from Iceland. Ernie and Lena had married in Seattle and lived in several locations until settling in Toppenish, Washington in 1912.
On the day Snooks died his father Ernie had gone to town to run errands and had a number of kids with him. He thought Snooks was one of them. When someone came and told him that Snooks had been killed in an accident he thought the fellow was wrong, until he looked at the kids with him and didn't see Snooks, then he knew it must be true.
Ernie was a hay baler with two thirteen-man crews. On that day some of the equipment was being moved from one hay field to another and Snooks had stayed with the crew responsible for the move. For fun, Snooks would jump up on the very slow-moving machine, run to the other side, jump off, run around and do it again. As the news article included with the photos reports, he jumped directly in front of an oncoming car was was killed instantly.
On the day Snooks died his father Ernie had gone to town to run errands and had a number of kids with him. He thought Snooks was one of them. When someone came and told him that Snooks had been killed in an accident he thought the fellow was wrong, until he looked at the kids with him and didn't see Snooks, then he knew it must be true.
Ernie was a hay baler with two thirteen-man crews. On that day some of the equipment was being moved from one hay field to another and Snooks had stayed with the crew responsible for the move. For fun, Snooks would jump up on the very slow-moving machine, run to the other side, jump off, run around and do it again. As the news article included with the photos reports, he jumped directly in front of an oncoming car was was killed instantly.
