Eugene Raleigh Starke

Maj. Eugene Starke, 37, husband of the former Jean Matson and son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Starke, rural Valley City, was the victim of a boating accident at Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Starke and their four children have been visiting here this week with her brother, Kenneth Matson, local photographer and the Starke family. The Starkes were leaving Little Rock, the major's transfer to the Air Force SAC base at Omaha, Neb., being made at this time. Major Starke had been a B-58 pilot. Details of the accident were not immediately available, but early reports indicated three men were in the boat. Starke was the only casualty. He is survived by his wife, Jean; one daughter, Susie; and three sons, Jessie, Dean and Keith; two sisters, Mrs. Chris (Grace) Brown and Shirley; and two brothers, Allen and Dick.

He is buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery - Valley City, ND.