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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Farmer Killed When Tractor, Disk Overturn
Roy Alstat, a 59 year old Vergennes farmer, was killed Sunday afternoon when he was thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the wreckage of the tractor and the disk it was pulling, Jackson County sheriff's deputies said.
Alstat was apparently crossing a small concrete bridge, known as Little Rattlesnake Creek Bridge, on County Mudline Road about one half mile north of Illinois 4 when the accident occurred.
The disk apparently hit the bridge guardrail and caused the tractor to go out of control and plunge sideways over the rail, deputies said.
A neighbor who lives across the field from the accident site found Alstat pinned beneath the wreckage in the creek bed. The neighbor and Alstat's cousin, Wayne, who also lives nearby, pulled the machinery off Alstat, after calling authorities. Alstat apparently died before he was discovered, deputies said.
Another neighbor had seen Alstat driving his tractor in the vicinity of the accident site about 5 p.m., so deputies theorize the accident must have occurred about 5:10 p.m., and Alstat must have been killed instantly. There were no witnesses to the accident.
News article was provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Monday June 18, 1979, page 3.
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Roy E. Alstat
Private services were held today for Roy E. Alstat, 59, of Murphysboro. Burial was in the Murdale Gardens of Memory.
Mr. Alstat was killed Sunday afternoon, June 17, 1979, when he was thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the wreckage of the tractor and the disk it was pulling.
Obituary excerpts are from information provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Tuesday, June 19, 1979, page 10.
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Correction
The family of Roy E. Alstat of Murphysboro, who was killed in a farm accident Sunday, said the victim was not pinned underneath the tractor, but was thrown free. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department and county coroner both reported the victim was pinned underneath the farm machinery.
Correction was provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Wednesday, June 20, 1979, page 33.
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Roy Ernest Alstat married Wilma Pauline Taylor on July 27, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Source; Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Farmer Killed When Tractor, Disk Overturn
Roy Alstat, a 59 year old Vergennes farmer, was killed Sunday afternoon when he was thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the wreckage of the tractor and the disk it was pulling, Jackson County sheriff's deputies said.
Alstat was apparently crossing a small concrete bridge, known as Little Rattlesnake Creek Bridge, on County Mudline Road about one half mile north of Illinois 4 when the accident occurred.
The disk apparently hit the bridge guardrail and caused the tractor to go out of control and plunge sideways over the rail, deputies said.
A neighbor who lives across the field from the accident site found Alstat pinned beneath the wreckage in the creek bed. The neighbor and Alstat's cousin, Wayne, who also lives nearby, pulled the machinery off Alstat, after calling authorities. Alstat apparently died before he was discovered, deputies said.
Another neighbor had seen Alstat driving his tractor in the vicinity of the accident site about 5 p.m., so deputies theorize the accident must have occurred about 5:10 p.m., and Alstat must have been killed instantly. There were no witnesses to the accident.
News article was provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Monday June 18, 1979, page 3.
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Roy E. Alstat
Private services were held today for Roy E. Alstat, 59, of Murphysboro. Burial was in the Murdale Gardens of Memory.
Mr. Alstat was killed Sunday afternoon, June 17, 1979, when he was thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the wreckage of the tractor and the disk it was pulling.
Obituary excerpts are from information provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Tuesday, June 19, 1979, page 10.
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Correction
The family of Roy E. Alstat of Murphysboro, who was killed in a farm accident Sunday, said the victim was not pinned underneath the tractor, but was thrown free. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department and county coroner both reported the victim was pinned underneath the farm machinery.
Correction was provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Wednesday, June 20, 1979, page 33.
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Roy Ernest Alstat married Wilma Pauline Taylor on July 27, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Source; Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Farmer Killed When Tractor, Disk Overturn
Roy Alstat, a 59 year old Vergennes farmer, was killed Sunday afternoon when he was thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the wreckage of the tractor and the disk it was pulling, Jackson County sheriff's deputies said.
Alstat was apparently crossing a small concrete bridge, known as Little Rattlesnake Creek Bridge, on County Mudline Road about one half mile north of Illinois 4 when the accident occurred.
The disk apparently hit the bridge guardrail and caused the tractor to go out of control and plunge sideways over the rail, deputies said.
A neighbor who lives across the field from the accident site found Alstat pinned beneath the wreckage in the creek bed. The neighbor and Alstat's cousin, Wayne, who also lives nearby, pulled the machinery off Alstat, after calling authorities. Alstat apparently died before he was discovered, deputies said.
Another neighbor had seen Alstat driving his tractor in the vicinity of the accident site about 5 p.m., so deputies theorize the accident must have occurred about 5:10 p.m., and Alstat must have been killed instantly. There were no witnesses to the accident.
News article was provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Monday June 18, 1979, page 3.
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Roy E. Alstat
Private services were held today for Roy E. Alstat, 59, of Murphysboro. Burial was in the Murdale Gardens of Memory.
Mr. Alstat was killed Sunday afternoon, June 17, 1979, when he was thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the wreckage of the tractor and the disk it was pulling.
Obituary excerpts are from information provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Tuesday, June 19, 1979, page 10.
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Correction
The family of Roy E. Alstat of Murphysboro, who was killed in a farm accident Sunday, said the victim was not pinned underneath the tractor, but was thrown free. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department and county coroner both reported the victim was pinned underneath the farm machinery.
Correction was provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Wednesday, June 20, 1979, page 33.
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Roy Ernest Alstat married Wilma Pauline Taylor on July 27, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Source; Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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Farmer Killed When Tractor, Disk Overturn
Roy Alstat, a 59 year old Vergennes farmer, was killed Sunday afternoon when he was thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the wreckage of the tractor and the disk it was pulling, Jackson County sheriff's deputies said.
Alstat was apparently crossing a small concrete bridge, known as Little Rattlesnake Creek Bridge, on County Mudline Road about one half mile north of Illinois 4 when the accident occurred.
The disk apparently hit the bridge guardrail and caused the tractor to go out of control and plunge sideways over the rail, deputies said.
A neighbor who lives across the field from the accident site found Alstat pinned beneath the wreckage in the creek bed. The neighbor and Alstat's cousin, Wayne, who also lives nearby, pulled the machinery off Alstat, after calling authorities. Alstat apparently died before he was discovered, deputies said.
Another neighbor had seen Alstat driving his tractor in the vicinity of the accident site about 5 p.m., so deputies theorize the accident must have occurred about 5:10 p.m., and Alstat must have been killed instantly. There were no witnesses to the accident.
News article was provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Monday June 18, 1979, page 3.
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Roy E. Alstat
Private services were held today for Roy E. Alstat, 59, of Murphysboro. Burial was in the Murdale Gardens of Memory.
Mr. Alstat was killed Sunday afternoon, June 17, 1979, when he was thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the wreckage of the tractor and the disk it was pulling.
Obituary excerpts are from information provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Tuesday, June 19, 1979, page 10.
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Correction
The family of Roy E. Alstat of Murphysboro, who was killed in a farm accident Sunday, said the victim was not pinned underneath the tractor, but was thrown free. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department and county coroner both reported the victim was pinned underneath the farm machinery.
Correction was provided by FindAGrave contributor Laura Whistle Cates Duncan.
Laura's source; The Southern Illinoisan, Wednesday, June 20, 1979, page 33.
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Roy Ernest Alstat married Wilma Pauline Taylor on July 27, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Source; Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
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