Gary Mack Herren (1981)

BLAIR, CAMPBELL, HERREN, WADDINGHAM

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 2/21/2013 at 07:57:45

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 23, 1981
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Accident Fatal to Macksburg Man

Gary Mack Herren, 27, of Macksburg was killed in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 16, when he apparently lost control of the pickup truck he was driving.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Dept. said Herren, who was along in his vehicle, was headed east on county road G61 about 1 ½ miles east of Macksburg when the accident happened. Law officers speculate the right front wheel of Herren’s pickup dropped off the road onto the shoulder causing him to lose control. The vehicle went into a grader ditch and hit an embankment and stop sign, rolling at least once.

Herren, who was thrown from his vehicle by the impact of the crash, died of head and neck injuries. Dr. Thomas Bergstrom, county medical examiner, set the time of death at around 2 or 3 a.m. Herren’s body was discovered by a passing motorist about 7 a.m., the Sheriff’s dept. said.

County road G61 has been posted closed since July 6 for pavement resurfacing, according to the county engineer’s office.

Herren was the son of Ralph Herren of Macksburg and was employed by Victor Edwards Trucking.

His death marks the third highway fatality in Madison county this year.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 23, 1981
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Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 19, at Macksburg United Methodist Church for Gary Herren, 27, who died in a motor vehicle accident just east of Macksburg on Sept. 16.

Born in Winterset on Feb. 4, 1954, he was the son of Ralph Mack Herren and Dorothy Irene Campbell.

He was a lifetime Madison county resident, graduating from Orient-Macksburg High School in 1972.

At the time of his death he was a truck driver and farmer employed by Vic Edwards. He was a member of the Teamsters Union and the Macksburg Sportsmens’ Club and attended Macksburg United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his mother and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Coyt Herren. Survivors include his father; two sisters, Connie Blair of Carlisle and Carla Waddingham of Peru; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Campbell of Macksburg.

Burial was at Moon cemetery.

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