Gary James Carstensen
Gary Carstensen was the son of James Oscar Carstensen and June Adeline Rader Carstensen Bailey Blanton. He attended Roseburg High School. He married Retha Ann Talburt on October 21, 1967 in Douglas County, Oregon. They had no children. After her tragic death in 1971, he married a second time, in 1972, and his only child, James Steen was born in 1973.
Gary adored his son "Steen." And he loved riding his motorcycle.
Gary died from injuries he sustained when he was a pedestrian hit by a vehicle on Interstate 5 near Myrtle Creek. He died in a Roseburg hospital two weeks after the accident. His survivors included his son Steen, his sister Bonnie and a half-brother, Mike. He was a very talented stained-glass artist and a free spirit.
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The News-Review newspaper
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Tuesday, April 6, 1971
Page 1
FREEWAY CRASH KILLS 2
Phillip Walden Talburt, 23, and his sister, Retha Ann Carstensen, 20, both of Winchester, were killed Monday at 5:15 p.m. when the motorcycle they were riding was truck by a car on Interstate 5, about a mile north of the Yoncalla Junction.
State police said the operator of the 1970 model car involved in the accident was Joseph Bernard Tucker, 20, of Portland, on leave from the navy. A passenger with him was listed a Donnette Jean Clark, 20, of Talent. They were taken by ambulance to Douglas Community Hospital for a checkup, but were released.
Police said the southbound car, operated by Tucker and registered to Robert W. Clark of Talent, veered off the highway with the left tires in the median strip while the occupants were looking at sheep on the west side of the highway.
The vehicle traveled 285 feet on the shoulder in an attempt to regain the southbound lanes. After entering the southbound lane, the car traveled 111 feet before braking. It slid in the southbound lanes for 194 feet, across 100 feet of turf median, then across the northbound lanes and struck the motorcycle in the outside northbound lane.
Both passengers on the motorcycle were knocked off and killed instantly, the police report said. County Medical Examiner Dr. James K. Gray pronounced the brother and sister dead. The bodies were taken to Long & Shukle Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Carstensen was the wife of Gary Carstensen.
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The News-Review newspaper
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Wednesday, April 7, 1971
Funeral Notices
CARSTENSEN - Retha Ann, 20, 757 South Willamette, Eugene, died April 5, 1971. Born July 15, 1950, at Seligman, Mo. Married Oct. 21, 1967 at Roseburg to Gary J. Carstensen, who survives. She had been a resident of Eugene for the past 3 months, moving there from Wilbur.
TALBURT - Phillip Walden, 22, Wilbur, died April 5, 1971, born Aug. 2, 1948 at Cassville, Mo. Resident of this community since 1956. Veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the U.S. Army, and holder of the Purple Heart.
BOTH ARE SURVIVED by their father, Wayne Talburt, Wilbur, one half brother, Carl (should be: Karl) W. Talburt, Roseburg, maternal grandfather, Joe Walden, Seligman, Mo., paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Pete Talburt, Roseburg. Combined funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the LONG & SHUKLE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, with Neil F. Wicker, minister of the Winston Church of Christ, officiating. Private interment Wilbur Cemetery. Those who wish may make a donation in their memory to the Douglas County Humane Society.
Gary Carstensen was the son of James Oscar Carstensen and June Adeline Rader Carstensen Bailey Blanton. He attended Roseburg High School. He married Retha Ann Talburt on October 21, 1967 in Douglas County, Oregon. They had no children. After her tragic death in 1971, he married a second time, in 1972, and his only child, James Steen was born in 1973.
Gary adored his son "Steen." And he loved riding his motorcycle.
Gary died from injuries he sustained when he was a pedestrian hit by a vehicle on Interstate 5 near Myrtle Creek. He died in a Roseburg hospital two weeks after the accident. His survivors included his son Steen, his sister Bonnie and a half-brother, Mike. He was a very talented stained-glass artist and a free spirit.
~~~
The News-Review newspaper
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Tuesday, April 6, 1971
Page 1
FREEWAY CRASH KILLS 2
Phillip Walden Talburt, 23, and his sister, Retha Ann Carstensen, 20, both of Winchester, were killed Monday at 5:15 p.m. when the motorcycle they were riding was truck by a car on Interstate 5, about a mile north of the Yoncalla Junction.
State police said the operator of the 1970 model car involved in the accident was Joseph Bernard Tucker, 20, of Portland, on leave from the navy. A passenger with him was listed a Donnette Jean Clark, 20, of Talent. They were taken by ambulance to Douglas Community Hospital for a checkup, but were released.
Police said the southbound car, operated by Tucker and registered to Robert W. Clark of Talent, veered off the highway with the left tires in the median strip while the occupants were looking at sheep on the west side of the highway.
The vehicle traveled 285 feet on the shoulder in an attempt to regain the southbound lanes. After entering the southbound lane, the car traveled 111 feet before braking. It slid in the southbound lanes for 194 feet, across 100 feet of turf median, then across the northbound lanes and struck the motorcycle in the outside northbound lane.
Both passengers on the motorcycle were knocked off and killed instantly, the police report said. County Medical Examiner Dr. James K. Gray pronounced the brother and sister dead. The bodies were taken to Long & Shukle Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Carstensen was the wife of Gary Carstensen.
~~~~~~~
The News-Review newspaper
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Wednesday, April 7, 1971
Funeral Notices
CARSTENSEN - Retha Ann, 20, 757 South Willamette, Eugene, died April 5, 1971. Born July 15, 1950, at Seligman, Mo. Married Oct. 21, 1967 at Roseburg to Gary J. Carstensen, who survives. She had been a resident of Eugene for the past 3 months, moving there from Wilbur.
TALBURT - Phillip Walden, 22, Wilbur, died April 5, 1971, born Aug. 2, 1948 at Cassville, Mo. Resident of this community since 1956. Veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the U.S. Army, and holder of the Purple Heart.
BOTH ARE SURVIVED by their father, Wayne Talburt, Wilbur, one half brother, Carl (should be: Karl) W. Talburt, Roseburg, maternal grandfather, Joe Walden, Seligman, Mo., paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Pete Talburt, Roseburg. Combined funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the LONG & SHUKLE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, with Neil F. Wicker, minister of the Winston Church of Christ, officiating. Private interment Wilbur Cemetery. Those who wish may make a donation in their memory to the Douglas County Humane Society.
Gary James Carstensen
Gary Carstensen was the son of James Oscar Carstensen and June Adeline Rader Carstensen Bailey Blanton. He attended Roseburg High School. He married Retha Ann Talburt on October 21, 1967 in Douglas County, Oregon. They had no children. After her tragic death in 1971, he married a second time, in 1972, and his only child, James Steen was born in 1973.
Gary adored his son "Steen." And he loved riding his motorcycle.
Gary died from injuries he sustained when he was a pedestrian hit by a vehicle on Interstate 5 near Myrtle Creek. He died in a Roseburg hospital two weeks after the accident. His survivors included his son Steen, his sister Bonnie and a half-brother, Mike. He was a very talented stained-glass artist and a free spirit.
~~~
The News-Review newspaper
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Tuesday, April 6, 1971
Page 1
FREEWAY CRASH KILLS 2
Phillip Walden Talburt, 23, and his sister, Retha Ann Carstensen, 20, both of Winchester, were killed Monday at 5:15 p.m. when the motorcycle they were riding was truck by a car on Interstate 5, about a mile north of the Yoncalla Junction.
State police said the operator of the 1970 model car involved in the accident was Joseph Bernard Tucker, 20, of Portland, on leave from the navy. A passenger with him was listed a Donnette Jean Clark, 20, of Talent. They were taken by ambulance to Douglas Community Hospital for a checkup, but were released.
Police said the southbound car, operated by Tucker and registered to Robert W. Clark of Talent, veered off the highway with the left tires in the median strip while the occupants were looking at sheep on the west side of the highway.
The vehicle traveled 285 feet on the shoulder in an attempt to regain the southbound lanes. After entering the southbound lane, the car traveled 111 feet before braking. It slid in the southbound lanes for 194 feet, across 100 feet of turf median, then across the northbound lanes and struck the motorcycle in the outside northbound lane.
Both passengers on the motorcycle were knocked off and killed instantly, the police report said. County Medical Examiner Dr. James K. Gray pronounced the brother and sister dead. The bodies were taken to Long & Shukle Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Carstensen was the wife of Gary Carstensen.
~~~~~~~
The News-Review newspaper
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Wednesday, April 7, 1971
Funeral Notices
CARSTENSEN - Retha Ann, 20, 757 South Willamette, Eugene, died April 5, 1971. Born July 15, 1950, at Seligman, Mo. Married Oct. 21, 1967 at Roseburg to Gary J. Carstensen, who survives. She had been a resident of Eugene for the past 3 months, moving there from Wilbur.
TALBURT - Phillip Walden, 22, Wilbur, died April 5, 1971, born Aug. 2, 1948 at Cassville, Mo. Resident of this community since 1956. Veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the U.S. Army, and holder of the Purple Heart.
BOTH ARE SURVIVED by their father, Wayne Talburt, Wilbur, one half brother, Carl (should be: Karl) W. Talburt, Roseburg, maternal grandfather, Joe Walden, Seligman, Mo., paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Pete Talburt, Roseburg. Combined funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the LONG & SHUKLE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, with Neil F. Wicker, minister of the Winston Church of Christ, officiating. Private interment Wilbur Cemetery. Those who wish may make a donation in their memory to the Douglas County Humane Society.
Gary Carstensen was the son of James Oscar Carstensen and June Adeline Rader Carstensen Bailey Blanton. He attended Roseburg High School. He married Retha Ann Talburt on October 21, 1967 in Douglas County, Oregon. They had no children. After her tragic death in 1971, he married a second time, in 1972, and his only child, James Steen was born in 1973.
Gary adored his son "Steen." And he loved riding his motorcycle.
Gary died from injuries he sustained when he was a pedestrian hit by a vehicle on Interstate 5 near Myrtle Creek. He died in a Roseburg hospital two weeks after the accident. His survivors included his son Steen, his sister Bonnie and a half-brother, Mike. He was a very talented stained-glass artist and a free spirit.
~~~
The News-Review newspaper
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Tuesday, April 6, 1971
Page 1
FREEWAY CRASH KILLS 2
Phillip Walden Talburt, 23, and his sister, Retha Ann Carstensen, 20, both of Winchester, were killed Monday at 5:15 p.m. when the motorcycle they were riding was truck by a car on Interstate 5, about a mile north of the Yoncalla Junction.
State police said the operator of the 1970 model car involved in the accident was Joseph Bernard Tucker, 20, of Portland, on leave from the navy. A passenger with him was listed a Donnette Jean Clark, 20, of Talent. They were taken by ambulance to Douglas Community Hospital for a checkup, but were released.
Police said the southbound car, operated by Tucker and registered to Robert W. Clark of Talent, veered off the highway with the left tires in the median strip while the occupants were looking at sheep on the west side of the highway.
The vehicle traveled 285 feet on the shoulder in an attempt to regain the southbound lanes. After entering the southbound lane, the car traveled 111 feet before braking. It slid in the southbound lanes for 194 feet, across 100 feet of turf median, then across the northbound lanes and struck the motorcycle in the outside northbound lane.
Both passengers on the motorcycle were knocked off and killed instantly, the police report said. County Medical Examiner Dr. James K. Gray pronounced the brother and sister dead. The bodies were taken to Long & Shukle Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Carstensen was the wife of Gary Carstensen.
~~~~~~~
The News-Review newspaper
Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon
Wednesday, April 7, 1971
Funeral Notices
CARSTENSEN - Retha Ann, 20, 757 South Willamette, Eugene, died April 5, 1971. Born July 15, 1950, at Seligman, Mo. Married Oct. 21, 1967 at Roseburg to Gary J. Carstensen, who survives. She had been a resident of Eugene for the past 3 months, moving there from Wilbur.
TALBURT - Phillip Walden, 22, Wilbur, died April 5, 1971, born Aug. 2, 1948 at Cassville, Mo. Resident of this community since 1956. Veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the U.S. Army, and holder of the Purple Heart.
BOTH ARE SURVIVED by their father, Wayne Talburt, Wilbur, one half brother, Carl (should be: Karl) W. Talburt, Roseburg, maternal grandfather, Joe Walden, Seligman, Mo., paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Pete Talburt, Roseburg. Combined funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the LONG & SHUKLE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, with Neil F. Wicker, minister of the Winston Church of Christ, officiating. Private interment Wilbur Cemetery. Those who wish may make a donation in their memory to the Douglas County Humane Society.
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