Walter Burnell Burkholder

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**WALTER...Valley Independent, Monessen, PA, Jan 21, 1980. Funeral services will be held Tuesday for two area men killed in a one-car accident which sheared the vehicle in half at 12:45 am Sat. According to State Police, Ronald Sasarak, 21, of Perryopolis and Walter Burnell Burkholder, 28 were both pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Liberty St in Perryopolis. Both men were passengers in a car driven by Wayne Robert Morris, 20 of Star Junction. Morris was treated and later released at Uniontown Hosp. Police reports indicate Morris was driving south on S Liberty Street at a high rate of speed and shot through an intersection without stopping at a stop sign. Police said Morris failed to negotiate a curve in the road and drove the car off the berm, skidding 192 feet before striking a utility pole which sheared the vehicle in half. The front portion of the car continued to travel 148 feet after the impact, coming to rest in a field. Sasarak had been thrown clear of the wreckage but Burkholder was pinned inside. State police said they are continuing their investigation of the fatal crash. Mr Burkholder was born April 4, 1951, in Uniontown, a son of James E and Geraldine Boone Burkholder, who survive. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, James and Richard, one sister, Mrs John (Bonnie) Jankowski. He was preceded in death by a brother, Alfred, in June of 1969.