2 Miles east & 2 Miles south of Burrton /
Burrton Crash Kills Three
Three Harvey Countians died in a two-car collision southeast of here Saturday morning. Dead were Mrs. Joe Steffen, 61, Michael Shive, seven months old, and John Schrag, 10, RFD 2, Halstead. Two others, Mrs. Delbert Shive, 17, Burrton, mother of the infant, and Willard Ray Schrag, Jr., 17, drivers of the two cars, were reported in fair condition at Halstead Hospital late Saturday night. State Trooper Wayne Coddington, who investigated the accident, said Mrs. Shrive suffered a fractured leg and ribs. The accident occurred at 9:30 a.m. Saturday two miles east and two miles south of Burrton. Mrs. Shive, her mother and baby son were returning from Halstead where they had delivered flowers to a Church, Coddington reported. The Schrag boys were enroute to a stock sale at Halstead. Their father, Willard 
Schrag Sr., told the trooper he left by a different route for Newton just after the boyx departed. The two cars collided at the open intersection of Harvey County Road 576. Coddington said the north-bound Schrag car was approaching a stop sign, but he didn’t know if it had stopped. The impact of the west-bound Shive auto and the Schrag car threw both vehicles into the north-west ditch. At least four of the five persons were thrown from the vehicles, Coddington said. Both cars were demolished. The baby and John Schrag died at the hospital. It was not known if Mrs. Steffen was killed instantly, the trooper said. (The Burrton Graphic, Burrton Kansas. May 31, 1961).
Mrs. Joseph Steffen. Joint services for Marie Elizabeth Steffen, 61, and her grandson, Michael Eugene Shive, seven months old, who both died in a car accident near here Saturday morning will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Halstead, with Rev. Sean J. O’Shea officiating. Mrs. Steffen was born Dec. 14, 1899, in Germany, and had lived here for the past 37 years. Survivors include the widower, Joseph, of the home; two sons, Victor, Hutchinson; Frank, Burrton; two daughters, Mrs. George Summers, Mitchell, Nebr., and Mrs. Delbert Shive, Burrton; a brother, Joe Hydock, Neosho Rapids; three brothers and two sisters, all in Germany, and seven grandchildren, Michael Eugene Shive, her grandson, was born Oct. 31, 1960, in Hutchinson. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Shive, Burrton. Rosary will be 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Kaufman Funeral Home in Halstead, with the Burrton Funeral Home in charge. Burial will be in Burrton Cemetery. (Burrton Funeral Home, Burrton Kansas. May 27, 1961).
Michael Eugene Shive. Joint services for Marie Elizabeth Steffen, 61, and her grandson, Michael Eugene Shive, seven months old, who both died in a car accident near here Saturday morning will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Halstead, with Rev. Sean J. O’Shea officiating. Mrs. Steffen was born Dec. 14, 1899, in Germany, and had lived here for the past 37 years. Survivors include the widower, Joseph, of the home; two sons, Victor, Hutchinson; Frank, Burrton; two daughters, Mrs. George Summers, Mitchell, Nebr., and Mrs. Delbert Shive, Burrton; a brother, Joe Hydock, Neosho Rapids; three brothers and two sisters, all in Germany, and seven grandchildren, Michael Eugene Shive, her grandson, was born Oct. 31, 1960, in Hutchinson. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Shive, Burrton. Rosary will be 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Kaufman Funeral Home in Halstead, with the Burrton Funeral Home in charge. Burial will be in Burrton Cemetery. (Burrton Funeral Home, Burrton Kansas. May 27, 1961).
