When we first saw the term "Skike," we immediately thought "skate bike" (i.e. a scooter-like contraption combining bike components with skating action). We were probably thinking of the similarly ...

The public outcry was long and loud over the death of a widow, Mrs. S.S. Kirkpatrick, who was dragged to her death beneath a car driven by W.G. Van Skike, 55, a well-to-do Opportunity farmer, She was ...

Melvin C. Van Skike, beloved husband of 71 years to Anna, (nee Schneider). Loving father of Diana (Skip) Bauer, and Robert Van Skike; devoted grandfather of five; great-grandfather of 11; and great, ...

Attorneys for W.J. Van Skike used a modern-sounding strategy for contesting his conviction for manslaughter. They blamed the media. The attorneys claimed, in an affidavit, “that the verdict of guilty ...

Guy “Skike” Walker Jr., 88, of Oelwein: Funeral Service, 10:30 a.m. Friday at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and one hour before the service Friday at the ...

Toby Van Skike never forgot the nurse who hustled him to safety as warning sirens screeched through the 71st Evacuation Hospital in the Pleiku area during the Vietnam War. First Lt. Frances Cappadocia ...