Wayne Oscar Burchett (1920 - 2001)

Born 25 Dec 1920 in Richland Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Mar 2001 at age 80 in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States

Biography

Wayne was born in 1920. He is the son of Orval Burchett and Mary Coon.

Sources

Name Wayne Oscar Burchett Event Type Birth Event Date 25 Dec 1920 Event Place Richland Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States Gender Male Father's Name Orval Burchett Mother's Name Mary Alice Coon Certificate Number 968 Citing this Record "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V46V-VQ9 : 10 March 2018), Wayne Oscar Burchett, 25 Dec 1920; citing Richland Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,764,943.

Name Wayne O Burchett Event Type Census Event Date 1930 Event Place Richland, Decatur, Iowa, United States Gender Male Age 9 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Birth Year (Estimated) 1921 Birthplace Iowa Father's Birthplace Iowa Mother's Birthplace Iowa Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 1 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Orval Burchett Head M 39 Iowa Alice M Burchett Wife F 40 Iowa Wanda E Burchett Daughter F 17 Iowa Hilda U Burchett Daughter F 14 Iowa Wayne O Burchett Son M 9 Iowa Wade O Burchett Son M 6 Iowa Citing this Record "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJM-LST : accessed 7 September 2018), Wayne O Burchett in household of Orval Burchett, Richland, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 1A, line 23, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 652; FHL microfilm 2,340,387.

Name Wayne O Burchett Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Richland Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States Sex Male Age 19 Marital Status Single Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Relationship to Head of Household Son Birthplace Iowa Birth Year (Estimated) 1921 Last Place of Residence Same House Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Orval Burchett Head M 49 Iowa Mary A Burchett Wife F 50 Iowa Wayne O Burchett Son M 19 Iowa Orval Wade Burchett Son M 17 Iowa Citing this Record "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMTG-QVN : 16 March 2018), Wayne O Burchett in household of Orval Burchett, Richland Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-28, sheet 3B, line 79, family 71, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1154.

Name Wayne Oscar Burchett Residence Date 01 Nov 1998-01 Jun 2001 Residence Place Mount Ayr, Iowa, United States Birth Date 25 Dec 1920 Address Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854 Address Date 01 Nov 1998-01 Jun 2001 2nd Address Grand River, Iowa 50108 2nd Address Date 01 Aug 1998 3rd Address Grand River, Iowa 50108 3rd Address Date 01 Jan 1987 Possible Relatives Gayle E Burchett, Gayle Elaine Burchett Record Number 185643161 Citing this Record "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KYTM-211 : 23 May 2014), Wayne Oscar Burchett, Residence, Mount Ayr, Iowa, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

Biographical note ~ Wayne Oscar & Gayle (Elaine (Carns) Burchett Grand River, Iowa

Wayne Oscar Burchett was born December 25, 1920 to Orval and Alice Burchett at their family farm near Grand River, Iowa. Gayle Elaine Carns was born March 31, 1925 to Francis and Lucille Carns in Adams County, Iowa. Wayne graduated from Grand River High School in 1938 and Gayle from Murray High School in 1942.

Gayle and Wayne married on July 18, 1942 and had two daughters, Anne Barton and Cathy McCabe. The family lived on their century farm, Orval Burchett and Sons Hereford Ranch, near Grand River. Wayne raised Herefords on the farm which had been in his family for three generations, and was also a member of the American Hereford Association. In addition to the century farm, Wayne owned and operated several accounting, insurance and tax service businesses throughout his career (including the Wayne O. Burchett Agency Ltd. in Murray and Kellogg, Iowa and the Burchett and Overholtzer Agency in Grand River, Iowa). In 1998 Wayne served as president of the Iowa Accountants Association. In addition to his professional activities, Wayne was also active in his community and interested in creative pursuits such as oil painting, carpentry, leathersmithing, building, invention and music. When he was young, Wayne was a 4-H member and showed prize-winning Hereford cattle at the fair. As an adult, he served as a 4-H leader and County Fair Board member.

From birth until 1995, when he underwent surgery, Wayne never missed attending a single Iowa State Fair.

In addition to being a homemaker, helping Wayne on the farm, and raising their two daughters, Gayle served as a girls' 4-H leader in Decatur County for the Richland Ridge Runners. Gayle loved to dance, sing, and play the piano and banjo. When her daughters Anne and Cathy were older, Gayle worked at several jobs to earn extra money, such the Snowden lingerie factory in Osceola, the O'Bryan Brothers in Leon and at the Clarke County Hospital.

The Burchett's ranch began as a farm in 1890 when Marshall and Sarah Burchett purchased the land, located six miles north of Grand River, and started a farm and blacksmithing operation. Marshall began breeding Herefords after hearing about and investigating the new breed in the United States. Marshall purchased five heifers, and the herd descended from these five original heifers (the female line remained closed throughout the farm's operation). In 1920 their son, Orval, took over the farm with his wife, Alice. Orval and Alice had four children: Wayne O., Wanda, Wilda and Orval Wade.

Wayne and Orval Wade ran the ranch with their father until World War II when Orval Wade left for military service, returning in 1946 with his wife Yvonne. In 1950 Wade left the ranch, selling his share to his brother Wayne. Wayne was the sole owner and operator of the farm until his retirement. Gayle Burchett was later forced to sell the family farm in order to pay for Wayne Burchett's medical expenses.

Wayne died March 23, 2001 in Mount Ayr, Iowa and was followed by his wife Gayle on February 6, 2008, also in Mount Ayr.

~ daughter Anne (Burchett) Barton

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