Published in Pilot Tribune on 11 January or June 1973

NEPHEW OF BLAIR MAN AND FAMILY KILLED IN WRECK

A nephew of Bill Nielsen and a grandson of Mrs. Andrew Nielsen, of Blair, and his wife and young daughter were all killed in an auto accident near Oregon, Missouri, last Wednesday afternoon when their car collided headon with a truck. Dead were Davie Burke, 24, his wife, Sharon and daughter Susan.

The Burkes, who were residents of Kansas City, had spent the weekend visiting relatives in Beemer and in Omaha. They were enroute home at the time of the accident.

Burke had attended the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia for a year and was to have been graduated from the Johnson County Community College near Kansas City this summer. His wife, who was an inspector at Continental Can Co. in Kansas City, had attended Cottey College at Nevada, Missouri, Kansas State College at Pittsburg and Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg, which was her home town. Mr. Nielsen attended funeral services Thursday.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

Note: Since the actual death date was not given and the news article date unclear, a date of Jan. 11, 1973 was given for both.