Earl Snell - Plane Crash

Plane Crash

On October 28, 1947, Snell, Oregon Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., State Senate President Marshall E. Cornett, were killed along with pilot Cliff Hogue when their small plane crashed in stormy weather southwest of Dog Lake in Lake County, Oregon. The group left Klamath Falls about 10:00 p.m. en route to a ranch owned by Oregon writer William Kittredge in Warner Valley near Lakeview, Oregon. A state funeral was held for Snell, Farrell and Cornett at the Capitol in Salem. Snell was buried in Salem's Belcrest Memorial Park.

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