Robert Bennett Strike

1922 - 1940

• Born	19 Sep 1922	Butte, Silver Bow, Montana
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jun 1940	Deer Lodge, Powell, Montana   [1]
  	Name: ROBERT B STRIKE Gender: M Age: 17 Death Date: 28-Jun-1940 Index Number: Pow 428 Butte Youth Is Killed In Gun Mishap Robert Strike, 17, of 1168 Evans avenue, a native of the Mining city, was killed almost instantly yesterday afternoon when a .22 caliber rifle accidentally discharged on a fishing trip near Deer Lodge. The youth was wounded near the heart.According to Sheriff Fred Valiton and Acting Coroner William Lintz of Powell county, the youth had placed the rifle against a rock. It slipped off and discharged.Young Strike with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Smith, of Butte, had gone to Rock Creek lake near Deer Lodge on a fishing expedition, as they had on many occasions in the past.The accident happened shortly after 1 o'clock. The body is at the Ross mortuary in Deer Lodge.The youth is survived by his mother, Mrs. E. L. Strike, a patient at Galen; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bacon; six sisters, Ethel, Betty, Lucille, Rita, Delores and Loretta, and one brother, Donald, all of Butte, as well as uncles and aunts in Butte and Utah.
  Buried	2 Jul 1940	Butte, Silver Bow, Montana
  Person ID	I8183535	7_families
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2005

  
  

  Father	Charles Bennet Strike,   b. 16 Nov 1883, , , England ,   d. 27 Dec 1938, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana
  Mother	Ethel Leona Bennett,   b. 8 Oct 1899, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 16 Dec 1951, State Hospital, Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, Montana
  Married	21 Mar 1917	Alpine, Utah, Utah
  Family ID	F143	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Sep 1922 - Butte, Silver Bow, Montana Died - 28 Jun 1940 - Deer Lodge, Powell, Montana Buried - 2 Jul 1940 - Butte, Silver Bow, Montana  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Robert Bennett Strike accidental death
  		Robert Strike Obituary

  
  

• Sources

  [S163982] Montana Death Index, 1907 - 2002, State of Montana, (www.ancestry.com).