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Note: Died in the same accident that his mother Cora (Iliff) (Burlingame) Eubank was killed.
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Buried in Llano cemetary, Amarillo, Texas.
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His father and brother called him "Ronald" or "Ron". His mother and sister called him "Blythe". When he was in college he was called "Burl" or "Burly". When my mother met him, co-workers called him "Bozo", but it was shortened to "Bo". My mother called him "Bo".
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Funeral notice in records of Llano Cem.
Published in Amarillo Paper, date not known
Wreck Victims Rites are Set
Funeral services for Mrs J J Eubank and son, Robert [correct to Ronald] B Burlingame, killed in a car-truck collision near Raton, New Mexico, Friday morning, have been set tentatively for Wednesday, by which time a sister of Mrs Eubank is expected to have arrived from Hawaii. The sister, Miss Margaret Lliff [correct to Iliff], left Hawaii by plane yesterday, according to word recieved here. Mr Eubank, who was seriously injuired in the crash, was brought to St Anthony's Hospital yeaterday from Raton in an N S Griggs & Sons ambulance. In the same ambulance was Jane [correct to Jan] Eubank, 12 years old, who was less seriously injured. Brought home by car was Robert Stephen [correct to Stevens] Burlingame, 3 years old, who was not [correct to seriously] injured but hospitalized after the crash. The five Amarillo residents were en route home from a vacation trip to Eagle Nest Lake when their car was struck from the rear by a large Safeway truck driven by G J Richardson of Pueblo, Colorado. State highway partolmen who investigated the crash reported that drivers of both cars apparently were blinded by lights of an approaching truck and that the Eubank car stopped and the Safeway truck crashed into it from the rear. Bodies of the crash victims lie in state at N S Griggs & Sons.
[Corrections by Robert Burlingame]
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4 Nov 1937, Amarillo Globe (Amarillo, Texas
Business Club wins Grid Co at College
The Amarillo College Busness Administration club had too much offensive and defensive power yesterday in their game wit the Science Club, and rang up a stirring 26-5 football triumph in the eighth game of the college football tournament.
Science club, Ronald Burlingame, fullback
Amarillo Globe (Amarillo, Texas) > 1937 > April > 29
Amarillo intercollegiate boxing tournament will be held Thursday night in the high school armory. This will mark the finish of 6 weeks training by the boxers of Amarillo College, under the direction of R P Carter, college gym coach. There will be 6 bouts ranging from welterweight to heavy weight. .. L F Cleek will fight Ronald Burlingame in a heavyweight feature. Both are over 175 pounds.
19 Jan 1938 Amaarillo Globe (Amarillo, Texas)
College Quint Victorious in Protest Game
Amarillo College Badgers won a protested game from Nussbaum last night. The committee permitted Burlingame, College guard, to try for a free throw between last night's two games. The College team had contended that it had not been allowed a free shot following a technical foul in an earler game which had ended 55 to 54 in favor of Nussbaum. Burlingame's shot tied the count at 55 all and in accordance with the committee's ruling the teams played two five minute periods following the second game last night. The College was victorius 73 to 67.
9 Feb 1938 (Amarillo Globe) (Amarillo, Texas
Badgers Play Clarendon
Amarillo College will end its basketball season tonight when the play the strong Clarendon Junior College aggregation at the St Mary's gym, beginning at 8:15 PM. ... Having wo height and lost eight the Badgers are gunning for a victory to keep their percentage of wins above 0.500. Playing their last game tonight for the Amaarillo College crew will be ... Ronald Burlngame.
Amarillo Globe (Amarillo, Texas) > 1938 > February > 10
College Cagers are given Steak Dinner
Following the Amarillo College - Clarenden Junior College basketball game, Coach R P Carter, entertained members of his basketball team. Members of the basketball team who attended were ... Ronald Burlingame ...
4 Oct 1938 Amarillo Globe (Amarillo, Texas)
Lawer eleven beat Scientists
A deliberate Pre Law Club team proved conclusively that they are to be reckoned with in the Amarillo College fotball league when they defeated a much improved Science Club team 21 to 6 this afternoon. ... The science Club demonstrated a better defensive game than they did in their beginning game, also showing that they have an offensive punch. When the 70 year march was climaxed by a touchdown pass, Burlingame threw to Siebel making the 6 point for the Science Club.
Amarillo Globe (Amarillo, Texas) > 1942 > May > 27
Marriage licenses
Ronald B Burlingame and Margaret A Howren
Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Texas) > 1942 > June > 3
Howren-Burlingame Vows are said in Garden and Home
Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Margaret Aleine Howren, daughter of Mr and Mrs W D Howren, 800 Florida, to Ronald B Burlingame, son of Mrs J J Eubanks, 1008 N Johnson St. The wedding took place at 6 PM in the garden at the Howren home with Luther G Roberts, pastor of the Central Church of Christ performing a single ring ceremony. The wedding music incuded "Ah Sweet Mystery of Life" sung by Palmer Wheeler and an accordion duet rendition of the wedding marches by Bobby Galbreath and Mary Alice Cawthon. The bride was given in marriage by her father, wore a white crepe dress. Her flowers were pink roses. Mrs Burlingame is a graduate of Amarillo High School and she attended Amarillo College for one year. The bridegroom was graduated from Tucumcari High School and Amarillo College. He is employed by the Santa Fe. The couple is at home at 1014 Caroline Street.
Page 1 headline of The paper
Amarillo Globe (Amarillo, Texas) > 1946 > August > 23
Amarillo Families In Holiday Tragedy
Death this morning wrote the finale to a brief vaction in he mountains for two Amarillo families. Robert [correct to Ronald] B Burlingame, 800 Florida, and his mother Mrs Cora May Eubank, 1109 North Johnson, were killed instantly. when their automobile was struck from the rear by a heavy truck near Raton. New Mexico. Critically injured were J J Eubank, husband of Mrs Eubank, and Robert Stephen [correct to Stevens] Burlingame. 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs Burlingame, Norma Jane [correct to Jan] Eubank, 12 year old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eubank, escaped injury. The accident occurred about 3:30 this morning 23 miles east of Raton on U S Highway 878. Mr Eubank, a Rock Island engineer, had stopped the car on the highway when he was blinded by a spotlight on an oncoming pick-up truck. Also blinded by the spotlight, the driver of the truck pulling a trailer van failed to see the Eubank car stop in front of him. New Mexico State Police Chief Homer C Ledbetter said. The truck-trailer crashed into the rear of the Eubank Car. The two families had been vacationing near Eagle Nest since Sunday, but stayed in a Raton hospital last night when Mr Burlingame became ill. Mr Burlingame was feeling better when the party reached Raton, however, and the family decided to continue to Amarillo. Mrs Burlingame had not accompanied the family, remaining here with her parents, Mr and Mrs W D Howren and her one year old son, Ray. She left for Raton early this morning, accompanied by her mother and her brother, Robert Howren. The injured are in Miners Hospital at Raton. The bodies of Mr Burlingame and Mrs Eubank are being brought to Amarillo by N S Griggs and Sons.
[corrections by Robert Burlingame]
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Birth Certificate
Name: Ronald Blythe Burlingame
State of Kansas: 19-4813
County: Crawford
City: Girard
Male
Legitimate: yes
Date of birth 14 Jul 1916
Father: Harry Burlingame, Residence Girard, Color White, Birthplace- Kansas, Occupation-Teamster
Mother: Cora Iliff, Residence-Girard Kansas, White, age- 23, Birthplace-Iowa, Occupation-Housewife
Certificate of attending physician- H E Burlngame, Girard, Kansas
Date of birth certificate: 2 May 1941
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Ronald Blythe Burlingame
Gender: Male
Race: White
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 19 Jul 1916
Birth Place: Girard, Kansas, USA
Residence Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Registration Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Employer: Santa Fe
Weight: 180
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Cora May Eubanks
Household Members:
Ronald Blythe Burlingame, Self (Head)
Cora May Eubanks, Mother
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1940 Census, Amarillo, Potter Co, Texas
1200 South Tyler Street
Boarding house
Ronald B Burlingame, lodger, Male, White, 30, Single, College -2, born Kansas, 1935 residence-Tucumcari, Quay Co, New Mexico, laborer railroad, $400/year, weeks worked in 1939 = 16
The house at 1200 South Tyler street is close to Amarillo College. It is presently a parking lot for the First Baptist Church.
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Find a grave
Ronald Blythe Burlingame
BIRTH 18 Jun 1916, Girard, Crawford County, Kansas, USA
DEATH 23 Jul 1946 (aged 30), Caprock, Lea County, New Mexico, USA
BURIAL Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA
PLOT Section 20 Lot 59 Space 1
MEMORIAL ID 17852159 ยท View Source
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