This community was shocked Monday morning when it became known that Dwight Wickert had passed away at the home of his mother on East Broadway in Astoria, Sunday evening.
The young man had not been ill but a few days and at no time, was it thought that his illness was of a serious nature. His illness was due to complications arising from infected tonsils and kidneys. At the time of his death, he was aged 19 years, five months and sixteen days. He is preceded in death by his father who died July 29, 1924.
Dwight B. Wickert, son of Mary Wickert and Martin Wickert (deceased), was born May 16, 1911 on the Wickert homestead near Summum, Illinois, where he lived until 1921 when his parents moved to Astoria, where they have since resided.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Wickert, six sisters, Elizabeth, Rose, Ruth and Perlena, at home, Mrs. Ida Chockley who lives on a farm near Astoria, and Florine who lives in Springfield, Ill., five brothers, Sam of Polo, Ill., Reuben of Summum, Ira of Arcadia, California, Gayle of Cordova, Ill., and Wilbur at home, besides a host of relatives and friends.
Dwight was the youngest of the family, and we all loved him dearly. His pleasant disposition and cheery smile have won him a host of friends who will always remember him. He was always quiet, reserved and industrious, glad to do the little things that make life pleasant for others.
In school he took an active part in school activities. He was graduated from the Astoria High School with the Class of 1930. During his four years in high school he took part in Athletics and was also a member of the boys chorus during his senior year.
Dwight had convictions which led him to unite with the Church of the Brethren of Astoria, Illinois in Sept. 1925 at the age of fourteen. He has since lived true to this faith, taking an active part in Sunday School work and helping in whatever others ways possible.
God has called and Dwight has answered to live in his eternal home. As suggested in Tennyson’s “Crossing of the Bar”.
“Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark.
For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place,
The flood may bear me far.
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.”
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Church of the Brethren in Astoria, conducted by Rev. E. O. Norris. Interment in the Astoria Memorial Mausoleum.
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