Burdette M. Winebrenner (1959)

WINEBRENNER, MOORE

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Date: 3/28/2007 at 13:47:04

Winterset Madisonian - February 18, 1959
Winterset, Iowa

CRASH INJURIES PROVE FATAL

Burdette Winebrenner Dies Two Weeks Following Accident

Burdette Winebrenner, 23, of near Peru, died Tuesday night at a Des Moines hospital of injuries received in a highway accident here two weeks ago.

It was the first highway fatality of 1959 in Madison county.

The fatal accident occurred Wednesday, Feb. 4. Young Winebrenner, who was driving a milk pickup truck, lost control of the vehicle as he was driving from a side road onto highway No. 169 at the intersection a quarter mile south of Podunk. The truck went into the ditch and overturned. The driver received a head concussion which prevented him from remembering just what had occurred, but investigating officers said there were indications that the truck's brakes had failed as the vehicle was coming onto the highway.

Burdette was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Winebrenner of Scott township.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. this Friday from the Peru Methodist church. Burial will be made at Guthrie Center.

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Winterset Madisonian - February 25, 1959
Winterset, Iowa

WINEBRENNER RITES HELD LAST FRIDAY

Funeral services were held last Friday from the Peru Methodist church for Burdette M. Winebrenner, whose death occurred at a Des Moines hospital Feb. 17.

The young man was 23 years of age. His death occurred two weeks after he was injured in a highway accident, in which the truck he was driving upset in the ditch on highway 169, south of Podunk.

He was born Sept. 12, 1935, in Guthrie County, a son of Marshall and Eunice Winebrenner. For the last six years, his home had been in Madison county near Peru. Since high school he had done farm and construction work and truck driving.

He leaves his parents, of Peru, two brothers, Kenneth Winebrenner of the U.S. Marine corps and Richard L. Winebrenner, at home; and his grandmother, Mrs. Serena V. Moore of Guthrie Center.

The Rev. George DeF. Fisher, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Winterset, conducted the services Friday at Peru. Burial was made in the Guthrie Center cemetery.