Obituary: Verner Lindbeck, 1943, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Michael Drewett, 6321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL, 32526 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Source: Winn Parish Enterprise, Thursday, March 25, 1943 ................. Carey Salt Co.'s Oldest Employee "Swede" Dies Verner Lindbeck, 61, known in Winnfield as "Swede", died suddenly at his boarding house Saturday after completing his week's work at the Carey Salt Company where he had been employed sice December 20, 1929. Funeral services were held at the Winnfield Presbyterian Church with the pastor, Rev. Alwin Stokes, officiating. Interment was in the Winnfield cemetery. A native of Sweden, Lindbeck came to Winnfield with the Sullivan Core Drill Company that made the test that discovered the salt dome here. He later worked with the Dravo Construction Company that made the shaft into the mine, and since that time has been an employee of the salt company. No known relatives survive.