Lake-Kane County IL Archives Obituaries.....Burnette, Evelyn May 20, 1951
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The Daily Register (Harrisburg, IL) - May 20, 1951
PLANE CRASH AT ELGIN BRINGS DEATH TO FOUR


ELGIN, ILL -- A fourth victim died today as the result of a small plane crash 
last night on the bank of the Fox River near Elgin.

Mrs. Evelyn Burnette, 33, of Zion, taken alive from the river after the crash 
died of burns in Sherman hospital.  The other three occupants of the plane were 
burned to death immediately after the plane hit the river bank and burst into 
flames.

They were Mrs. Burnette's husband, Van Ness L. Burnette, 36, pilot of the plane; 
Mrs. Krisinthia Reistad, Mrs. Burnette's mother and Mrs. Dora Paul of Zion, a 
neighbor of the Burnettes.

Harold Mowrer, manager of the Elgin airport said the Piper Clipper four 
passenger plane took off and was about 500 feet int the air when it plummeted 
into the river bank.

Burnette had taken off originally from the Waukegan airport and was on a return 
flight to Waukegan when the crash occurred.  

Additional Comments:
Buried in Mount Olivet Memorial Park, Zion, Lake County, Illinois

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