Lake County IL Archives Obituaries.....Burnette, Evelyn May 20, 1951
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Chicago Daily Tribune -  May 20, 1951
FOURTH VICTIM IN PLANE CRASH DIES OF BURNS 

Mrs. Evelyn Burnette, 33, of 1822 Hebron ay., Zion, died yesterday in Sherman
hospital, Elgin, from burns suffered in an airplane accident Friday evening in
which three other persons were killed.  The plane crashed on the bank of the Fox
river near Elgin a few minutes after it took off from Elgin airport. The others
killed were Mrs. Burnette's husband, Van Ess, 36, a machine operator, who was
piloting the plane, her mother, Mrs. Krisinthia Reistad, and Mrs. Dora Paul, 37,
of 1826 Hebron av., Zion, a neighbor of the Burnette family.   Mrs. Burnette
fell into the river with her clothing aflame after the crash and was pulled out
of the water by two men who set out in a boat.

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

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