Merlin Edward Burnett

1915 - 1999  (84 years)

• Name	Merlin Edward Burnett  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	22 Jan 1915	Monroe, Benton, Oregon   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Sep 1999	Sweet Home, Linn, Oregon   [4, 5]
  Burial	Alpine Cemetery, Alpine, Benton, Oregon   [4]
  Person ID	I284150	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	John Nathaniel Burnett,   b. 14 Sep 1885, Minnesota d. 4 May 1958, Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Lela M. Pape,   b. 14 Dec 1885, Le Center, Le Sueur, Minnesota d. 17 Jan 1947, Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1910  [6]
  Family ID	F113490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessie Marie ...,   b. 14 Jul 1920, Omaha, Thurston, Nebraska d. 13 Jun 2019, Sweet Home, Linn, Oregon (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1948  [5]
  Children	1. Rick Burnett
  Family ID	F113561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Corvallis Gazette-Times (OR) September 5, 1999 Jan. 22, 1915 - Sept. 2, 1999 - Merlin E. 'Red' Burnett of Sweet Home died at his home Thursday, Sept. 2. He was 84. He was born in Monroe, the third of four children of John and Leila Pope Burnett. The family moved to Harrisburg, where Red graduated from high school in 1935. He was a baseball player and also played football and basketball. He attended Oregon Normal School, now Western Oregon University, for one term and then started truck driving. He bought his first dump truck, a new model, in 1937 for $1,497. He spent the rest of his life involved in the trucking business, mostly working for Linn County. He entered the Army in April 1942. He was stationed in Alaska and then at Camp Hood, Texas, where he ran the NCO Club and cooked for 1,000 men. He was discharged in 1945 and returned to Oregon. He married Jessie Myer Winkler June 19, 1948. They lived in Sweet Home. He took the job of Linn County road supervisor in 1969, a job his father had held years earlier. He retired in 1982. He loved watching sports on TV, especially baseball. He played semi-pro baseball for Junction City and played for other town clubs over the years. After his retirement, he began woodworking, making numerous items including rocking horses for all of his grandchildren. He was a member of Sweet Home Evangelical Church, Sweet Home Kiwanis Club and the Sweet Home Ambassadors. He was twice Kiwanian of the year, and in 1998 received the International Kiwanis Hickson Award. Survivors include his wife, Jessie of Sweet Home; sons, Rick Burnett and Ed Winkler, both of Sweet Home; daughter, Winnie Robertson of Salem; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Edwin Burnett of LaPine. He was preceded in death by a sister, Vi Halvorsen, and a brother, Melvin Burnett.

  
  

• Sources

  [S67642] Obituary, The Eugene Register-Gaurd, Melvin Johnson Burnett, (June 28, 1987). [S67667] 1920 census, Oregon, Linn county, Year: 1920; Census Place: North Harrisburg, Linn, Oregon; Roll: T625_1496; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 302 (Reliability: 3). [S23286] Draft registration WWII (Reliability: 3). Name: Merlin Edward Burnett Gender: Male Race: White Age: 25 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 22 Jan 1915 Birth Place: Monroe, Oregon, USA Residence Place: Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: Oregon, USA Employer: Linn Co Weight: 165 Complexion: Ruddy Eye Color: Hazel Hair Color: Red Height: 5 5 Next of Kin: John Nathinal Burnett [S67670] Cemetery index, Alpine Cemetery, Alpine, Benton, Oregon, (Find-a-Grave). [S67671] Obituary, Corvallis Gazette-Times (OR), Merlin E. Burnett, (September 5, 19999). [S23553] 1910 census, Oregon, Multnomah county, Year: 1910; Census Place: Portland Ward 7, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T624_1288; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0180 (Reliability: 3).