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Apr 22, 2016

Jeff Lukas funeral services set

D. Wayne Lukas known for his work with such prominent horses as 1988 Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors, are scheduled for Wednesday in Atoka, Okla. Jeff Lukas died March 23. He was 58.  Services will begin at 2 p.m. Central on Wednesday at the First Baptist Church of Atoka, Okla., according to a notice from Brown’s Funeral Service. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, at the chapel at Brown’s Funeral Home in Atoka. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Old Friends Retirement Farms.  Jeff Lukas was his father’s longtime assistant, and played a key role in the operation that turned out such horses as Winning Colors, the filly who won the Kentucky Derby in 1988, and Lady’s Secret, the Horse of the Year in 1986. Jeff Lukas’s racing career was cut short in 1993, when he suffered a brain injury while attempting to catch a loose Tabasco Cat, who would go on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Jeff Lukas in recent years has worked at First Bank in Atoka, according to a notice from Brown’s Funeral Service. He has two children, Brady Lukas and Kelly Lukas, both of Yorba Linda, Calif. For those who wish to leave condolences through an electronic guest book, please see the followi... (Daily Racing Form)

Dec 30, 2015

Memorial service set for Northland native, family who died in flood

Erin and Adam Schutt and their children — Logan, 13, Robbyn, 13, and Chad, 10, died after their car was swept away by a flash flood Saturday near Patoka, Ill., about 60 miles east of St. Louis. The family had somehow found itself on a rural road while traveling from Kentucky to Carlton to visit family, and the vehicle was washed off the roadway at a low-water crossing. Erin Schutt, 37, whose maiden name was Nynas, grew up in Carlton County and attended Cloquet High School, according to her obituary. "Anyone who met Erin, they were friends forever and she always had a smile on her face and she made everyone around her smile," the obituary states. "Her life was her kids, and family." Erin Schutt and her two children, Robbyn and Chad, had moved several years ago to Kentucky, where her husband, Adam, and his son, Logan, were from. The memorial service is set for 2-5 p.m. Jan. 10 at Nelson Funeral Care, 1004 Cloquet Ave. in Cloquet. In lieu of flowers, the family asked that memorial donations be sent to a fund set up at Wells Fargo bank. Funeral services for the family also are set to take place in Kentucky in the next few days. (Duluth News Tribune)