This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#266569) gilbert lee dickey 1932-1969 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=266569> AUTHOR: Daniel R Davis, DATE: 2/16/2010 at 17:27:16 Surnames: DICKEY,BIISCHOFF,LEHMAN,BOYD,NOLIN,MCCANNON,LITTLE,JENSEN,HULL,MILLSPAUGH,BROWN Source: Unnamed newspaper clipping with hand-written date of October 5th 1969 for date of death. - Gilbert Lee Dickey, 37, Wapello, fatally injured Saturday night in a two-car head-on collision on U.S. 61 in Louisa County. Also injured in the crash that killed Dickey were: - Paul Bischoff, 55, 1312 n. 6th St., Burlington, who was in fairly good condition at Muscatine General Hospital, and his wife, Verna, 54, reported in fair condition at Burlington Hospital. - Kenneth L. Lehman, 41, 734 S. Liebirck St., Burlingotn, and his wife, Phyllis, also 41, both reported in fair condition at Burlington Hospital. Authorities said cars drive(n) by Dickey and Bischoff were in collision about 11:45 p.m. Satuday on U.S. 61 three miles north of Wapello. Cause of the accident had not been determined Sunday night, deputy sheriffs said. Dickey, who was driving alone, died seconds after being admitted to the emergency room at Muscatine General Hospital (Sunday, 5 Oct 1969). Funeral services for Mr. Dickey will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello. Burial will be in Cairo Cemetery. Mr. Dickey was born in Kingston. He was a veteran of the Korean conflict. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dickey, Wapello; sisters, Venita Boyd, Glendora, Calif.; Helen Nolin, Lebanon, Ore.; Leota McCannon, Burlington; Miss Hilda Dickey, Wapello; Ruth Little, Chicago; Karen Jensen, Fort Sheridan, Ill.; and Miss Margie Dickey, Wapello; brothers, John Dickey Jr., Glendora, Calif.; Donald, Wapello; Harry, Mediapolis, and Raymond, Burlington; half sisters, Viola Hull, Danbers, Ill.; Verlee Millspaugh, Mount Pleasant, and Mable Brown, Burlington; and a half brother, Frank Dickey, Burlington.