| Obit For | Elmer Spinkles |
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| Headline | ONE CAR WRECK FATAL FOR WASHBURN MAN ELMER SPRINKLES KILLED IN ONE-CAR ACCIDENT NORTHWEST OF WASHBURN |
| Text | Deceased: Elmer Sprinkles Parents Names: Jake and Faye (Galyen) Sprinkles Place Born: Washburn, Barry Co., MO Date Born: Feb. 15, 1928 Date Died: Nov. 29. 1956 Place Died: Rural - Washburn Twp., Barry Co., MO Cemetery: Roller - King Cemetery, Barry Co., MO Newspaper: Cassville Republican Paper Date: Dec. 6, 1956 Abstract or Extract: Abstract Living People: No Elmer Sprinkles, 28 year-old lifelong resident of Barry County, was fatally injured in a one car accident about 9:00 p.m. Thursday about 1 ½ miles north west of Washburn, at the Pharis Ledenham corner. According to the state patrol, Sprinkles was killed when his car failed to make the turn and hit an embankment head on. Capt. J. A. Berlglund, head of the patrol’s safety division reported that Sprinkles was the 1000th traffic death for 1956 in the state of Missouri. Born near Washburn February 15, 1928, he was a son of Jake and Faye (Galyen) Sprinkles, and attended the Measles Prairie School. He served in the army from 1950 to 1952, one year of which was spent in Korea. He was married in 1953. Surviving are his wife, two children, his father Jake Sprinkles of Washburn; three brothers and his maternal grandfather, Jim Galyen of Cassville, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Sena Galyen of Seligman. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Rock Spring Church southwest of Washburn with burial in the Roller and King Cemetery north of Seligman under the direction of Davis-Williamson Chapel In the Valley. Research Note: Death Cert. # 36980 Name: Elmer Sprinkles Born: Feb. 15, 1928, Washburn, Barry Co., MO Parents: Jake and Faye (Galyen) Sprinkles Died: Nov. 29. 1956, Rural (Washburn Twp.) Barry Co., MO Burial Roller – King Cemetery, Barry Co., MO Occupation – Saw Mill operator |
| Newspaper | Cassville Republican |
| Date | Dec. 6, 1956 |
| Death Cert Link | - |
| Resource | - |
| Submitted by | Barbara Erwin |
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