| Name |
Ronny Francis Weipert [1, 2] |
| Birth |
20 Aug 1941 |
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
 News Article |
23 Sep 1959 |
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri |
| News-Press |
- Two Killed in Head-On Crash on Belt Highway
Two men were killed in a car-truck crash at 10:50 this morning on the Belt Highway. The dead were identified as A. B. Fisher, 19, rural route No. 2, Stewartsville, Mo., and Ronny F. Weipert, 18, of rural route No. 1, Easton.
The accident occurred just north of Gene Field rods in the east lane of traffic. Two men in the truck were not injured.
According to police, the southbound car went out of control and swerved head-oh into the northbound truck. The car and the cab of the truck burst into flames leading nearby residents to believe a gasoline tanker had exploded.
Patrolman John Hartnett said Fisher was thrown from the car onto the east bank. Weipert was pinned in the car. Firemen from two companies quickly extinguished the fire. Officers said the car's gasoline tank probably exploded and residents several blocks away reported hearing a "loud boom."
Darrell Gene Kahl, 24, Hortonville, Minn., driver and owner of the truck, told police he was driving slowly up over a slight hill and the car suddenly appeared in front of him. Kahl and a passenger in the truck, Roger Olson, 18, Chokio, Minn., jumped from the truck before it was engulfed in flames. They immediately ran for help, but the Missouri men were dead when police and the St. Joseph Ambulance Service arrived.
Dr. s. E. Meluney, county coroner, said death probably was instantaneous. It was difficult to determine who had been driving the car but it was registered to the Stewartsville man.
Sergt. J. T. Farmer and Patrolman Arch Albertson, Roy Tichenor, and Charles Wells assisted in directing traffic off the Belt highway during a heavy downpour immediately following the accident. The four lanes were blocked for more than an hour while the ambulance men removed the bodies.
The tractor of the truck was only slightly burned. It was empty, Officer Hartnett said.
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| Death |
23 Sep 1959 |
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri [1] |
| Cause: auto accident |
| Obituary |
24 Sep 1959 |
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri |
| News-Press |
- Double Rites for Victims of Accident
A double service for August B. Fisher, 18, and Ronny Francis Weipert, 18, who died yesterday morning in a car-truck accident on. the Belt highway, will be held Saturday morning at 10 at the Seven Dolors Catholic Church, Hurlingen.
The rosary will be recited this evening at 8 in the Heaton-Bowman chapel by the Catholic Order of Foresters No. 1059 for the youths. The parish rosary will be recited for them tomorrow evening at 8 in the Heaton-Bowman chapel.
August B. Fisher Jr. was a lifelong resident of rural route No. 2, Stewartsville, Mo., and worked as a carpenter.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August B. Fisher Sr., of the home; two brothers, Charles and Jerry Fisher, both of the home; two sisters, Miss Doris Fisher, Sacramento, Cal., and Miss Ann Fisher, of the home; a half brother, Alfred Fisher, St. Joseph; three half sisters, Mrs. George Vienhage, St. Joseph; Mrs. Forest Gray, Tacoma, Wash.; and Mrs. H. E. Sample, Jr., Fair Oaks, Cal., and his grandmother, Mrs. Emma Moyer, St. Joseph.
Ronny Weipert was a lifelong resident of the Easton community and was a farmer.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Weipert, of the home; four sisters, Joyce, Karen, Cheryl and Catherine Weipert, all of the home; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Teresa Weipert, Easton, and his maternal grandfather, Felix Waller, Easton.
Both young men were members of the Seven Dolors Catholic Church at Hurlingen and belonged to the Catholic Order of Foresters No. 1059.
The bodies are at the Heaton-Bowman mortuary.
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| Burial |
26 Sep 1959 |
Saint Mary's Cemetery, Hurlingen, Buchanan County, Missouri [1] |
| Person ID |
I6741 |
CCBasic |
| Last Modified |
12 Feb 2026 |
1941 - 1959 (18 years)