Burkett, Kenneth Wayne 1929-1996

BURKETT, GABEL, DUGAN, SIBERNALLER, BARNHILL, BULL, OLSEN

Posted By: Bruce Atkinson (email)
Date: 10/28/2007 at 15:35:19

Kenneth W. Burkett
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Kenneth W. Burkett, 67, of St. Joseph, Mo., and formerly of Carrol and LeMars, died Saturday, July 13, 1996, at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll.
Kenneth Burkett was born June 8, 1929 in Sioux City to Lowell and Edith (Gable[Gabel]) Burkett. He graduated from LeMars High School. He married Shelia Dugan at St. Joseph Church in LeMars on June 16, 1952. Mr. Burkett served in the United States Army for 23 years, serving in the Vietnam War and retiring as a lieutenant colonel. The family moved to Carroll in 1974 where they owned and operated Burkett’s clothier. In 1986 they moved to St. Joseph, Mo.
Survivors include his wife, Shelia of St. Joseph, Mo.; two sons, Clay of Indian rocks Beach, Fla., and Jacob and his wife, Cheryl, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Bryce and Dennish of Oakley, Calif., and Aura Lee and Dean Sibernaller of Carroll; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, John Burkett of South Carolina and Terry and his wife, Pat Burkett of Texas; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Marjory and Aaron Barnhill of Texas and Linda and Gerald of Georgia.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Gordon Burkett; and two sisters, Phyllis Bull and Jeanne Olsen.
Private graveside services will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 16, at Calvary Cemetery in LeMars, with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are with the Sharp Funeral Home of Carrol and the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home of LeMars.
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LeMars Daily Sentinel (LeMars, Plymouth County, Iowa) of 15 July 1996.

Former LeMars Man dies in Carroll accident
A former LeMars man was fatally injured while helping on a farm south of Carroll on Saturday evening.
Kenneth Wayne Burkett, 67, St. Joseph, Mo., had come up to his daughter’s farm south of Carroll to help with some work on Saturday. The tractor he was driving overturned in a ditch as he was attempting to make a left turn into a driveway at the farm of Auralee Sibenaller and her husband, Dean. The tractor slid into a ditch and turned on its top. It had no cab or roll bar and Burkett was pinned beneath the tractor.
Friends and family members worked with rescuers attempting to free Burkett. He suffered multiple major injuries and was pronounced dead at a Carroll hospital 45 minutes later.
Burkett had worked in Bowers, a LeMars clothing store, before purchasing his own store in Carroll in 1974. He operated that store until 1986 when he moved to St. Joseph, Mo.
Services were held in LeMars today, Tuesday. Details were in Monday’s Sentinel.
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LeMars Daily Sentinel (LeMars, Plymouth County, Iowa) of 16 July 1996.