5 Dec 1948 – 20 Dec 1980
3rd-Great-Grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
2nd-Great-Grandson of Jean Paul Cardon and Susannah Goudin
Great-Grandson of John Paul Cardon and Euphemia Howie King
Grandson of Beryl Cardon and William Ferdinand Ruchti
Son of Helen Ruchti and Ray Stout Burnham
Fatal Accident Near Lehi Sat. Morning
A Salt Lake man was killed early Saturday morning in a four-car collision on I-15 just south of U-73 in Lehi.
The Utah Highway Patrol reported Kenneth Burnham, 33, 1009 Crandall Ave., Salt Lake City, was dead on arrival at American Fork Hospital shortly after the 2:30 a.m. collision.
Trooper Wayne Durrant said Burnham was northbound in the southbound lane of traffic during dense fog when he drove head-on into a semi-tractor with two trailers, driven by William L. Kay, 53, Panguitch. Burnham was in a compact car.
A compact car driven by Tracy Carver, 22, Provo, then came out of the heavy fog to collide with the semi-truck, and a compact car driven by Garyling, Achiu, 23, Provo, struck the Carver car.
Neither Kay, Carver or Achiu were injured, Durrant said.
-Published in the American Fork Citizen, 22 Dec, Monday, page 18
-Published in the Lehi Free Press, Lehi, UT, Monday, December 22, 1980, page B-10.
…Earlier Saturday morning, Burnham was killed when his Volkswagen bus collided head-on with a semi-truck on the I-15 freeway near Lehi.
Trooper Wayne Durrant of the Utah Highway Patrol said Burnham was going north in the southbound I-15 lane in a dense fog when he slammed into a Freightliner semi-truck driven by William Kay of Panguitch. Two other compact cars then crashed into the pile-up.
Burnham died in the crash, but the driver of the truck and the drivers of the other two cars – Tracy Carver, 22, and Garyling Achiu, 22, both of Provo were not injured….
-Published in the Daily Herald, Provo, UT, Sunday, December 21, 1980, page 1.
Freeway Collision Kills Salt Laker
Special to The Tribune
LEHI, Utah County – A 33-year-old Salt Lake City man was killed going the wrong way on I-15 when his car ran head on into a semi-truck abut five miles south.
The victim was identified as Kenneth Burnham, 1009 Crandall Ave. (1860 South).
According to investigating Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Wayne Durrant, the Burnham vehicle was northbound in the southbound lane of I-15 when the accident occurred in heavy fog.
Trooper Durrant identified the driver of the semi-truck as William L. Kay, 53, Panguitch. He was not injured.
Following the first collision, the victim’s car was struck by two other cars, driven by Tracy Carver, 22, and Jaryling Achiu, 23, both of Provo. Neither driver was injured in the accident, Trooper Durrant said.
-Published in the Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT, Sunday, December 21, 1980, page 8B.
BURNHAM – Funeral services for Kenneth Burnham will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Holbrook Funeral Chapel, 3251 South 2300 East where friends may call Monday 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesday prior to services. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
-Published in the Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT, Monday, 22 December 1980, page D3.
Kenneth Burnham
Kenneth Burnham 32 died Dec. 20, 1980, in an auto accident near Lehi.
Born Dec. 5, 1948, Pocatello, Idaho to Ray S and Helen Ruchti Burnham. Married Barbara LeHuquet Jan 1969. Later divorced. Was an elevator operator for the Salt Lake Flour Mills. Member LDS Church, Salt Lake 11th Ward. Was an avid skier and distance runner.
Survivors: son and daughter Rebecca and Kenneth R.; parents, brother, G. Cardon all Salt Lake City; sister Mrs. Ron (Connie) Martin Pocatello, Idaho.
Funeral services Tuesday, 11 a.m. at the Holbrook Funeral Chapel, 3251 S 2300 East, where friends may call Monday 7-8:30 p.m. and Tuesday prior to services. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
-Published in The Salt Lake Tribune, Sun., Dec 21, 1980, Page B19 (39)
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
