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Rev. H. F. (Helmuth) Winkler
S. D. CRASH FATAL TO SIX KADOKA, S.D. (AP) – Six persons, three of them ministers, died early Wednesday when a car spun 275 feet out of control on State Highway 73 about 17 miles south of here. The dead: BOTH OF THE BECKERS are former residents of Bismarck. The two were married Nov. 21, 1947. Mrs. Becker was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bechtold of Minot and was employed in the J. C. Penney store in Bismarck at the time of her marriage. Becker was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becker, formerly of Bismarck. Before becoming a minister he was employed by the Copelin Motor Co. in that city. Besides her parents, Mrs. Becker is survived by two sisters and two brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Delbert Wilkerson of Minot and Mrs. Robert Rittgers of Lawton, Okla. The identifications were made by Jackson County Coroner, Marvin Hogan, and the state motor patrol. The group was en route from Allen, S.D., where they attended a young peoples’ rally when their car left the highway on a slight curve. The motor patrol said it skidded about 200 feet on the right side of the road and then veered across the highway and into a 25-foot ditch. Patrol Supt. W. J. Goetz said he had reports that the six were thrown from the auto and it rolled over them. HOGAN SAID IT had been snowing at the time and the road may have been slippery. The tragedy boosted the state’s traffic toll for January to 15. There were only six during the entire month a year ago and only on up to this time in 1954. ~Source: The Bismarck Tribune, January 12, 1955 5 S. D. CRASH VICTIMS TO BE BURIED AT BEULAH STURGIS, S.D. (AP)—Mass funeral services for six persons killed Wednesday near Kadoka in the state’s worst traffic accident will be held at the Strugis City Auditorium at 2 p.m. (MST) Saturday. The rites will be held for the Rev. and Mrs. H. K. Winkler, the Rev. and Mrs. Paul Becker, all of Sturgis; the Rev. Fred Van Deventer, Rapid City; and Ervin Bunk, Halliday, N.D. All but Mr. Van Deventer will be buried at Beulah, N.D. The Rapid City pastor will be interred at Bear Butte Cemetery here. Meanwhile a fund drive for the surviving children of two of the couples has been started. THE DRIVE was touched off when a Sturgis businessman, Charles Tribby, contributed $50. The fund raising campaign is under the direction of Mrs. Katherine Soldat. The six were killed as they were returning from a young people’s rally at Allen. The car spun out of control 17 miles south of Kadoka on Highway 73 and plunged into a creek. Several officials of the Church of God of Prophesy have arrived in Sturgis and others from throughout the nation were expected Thursday. The Rev. M. A. Tomlinson, Cleveland, Tenn., general overseer for the church, was expected to arrive by plane. Already here for the services are the Rev. Jack Decker, also of Cleveland, general secretary for the church’s visual department and the Rev. Clint Decker, state overseer for Wyoming from Sheridan. THE EVANGELISTIC party left Sturgis about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday for Allen. The car was discovered shortly after midnight Wednesday by a truck driver. Mr. Winkler was pastor for the church at Sturgis and Mr. Van Deventer was state overseer in South Dakota. Mr. Becker, a brother of Mrs. Winkler, was state evangelist, while Bunk, a cousin of Mr. Becker, was a musician with the evangelistic party. The fund drive is being conducted for Marjorie, 11 and Kenneth Winkler, 6, and Beverly Jean Becker, 3. Surviving Mr. Becker and Mrs. Winkler are their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becker, Bismarck, N.D.; three brothers, Jake John and Henry, both of Stanton, N.D., and Martin, of Bismarck; a sister, Mrs. Apias Renner, Beulah. Winkler is survived by five brothers: Joe, Tripp; Otto, Tyndall; Samuel and John, both of Portland, Ore.; Paul, Salem, Ore.; a sister, Mrs. Jotlieb Stiebner, Tripp. Mrs. Becker is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bechtold, Minot, N.D.; two brothers, Ted and Billy, both of Minot; and two sisters, Mrs. Delbert Wilkerson, Minot, and Mrs. Robert Rittgers, Lawton, Okla. Bunk, 19, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bunk, Halliday, and a brother. ~Source: The Bismarck Tribune, January 13, 1955 FIVE FATALITY VICTIMS BURIED AT BEULAH MONDAY BEULAH—Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. here Monday in the Beulah High School auditorium. All five persons who were killed in automobile accident near Kadoka, S.D., Wednesday. Burial of four of the victims, the Rev. and Mrs. Paul Becker and the Rev. and Mrs. H. K. Winkler, Sturgis, was in the Beulah Cemetery. A fifth fatality, Erwin Bunk, Halliday, was buried at Golden Valley. The sixth victim, the Rev. Fred Van Deventer, Rapid City, was to be buried at Sturgis. The six who were killed were returning from a young people’s rally of the Church of God of Prophesy at the time. The Rev. Paul Becker, 27, was born at Beulah, on Feb. 7, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becker. He was married to Quinneth Bechtold, Minot, on Nov. 15, 1944, at Minot. He leaves one daughter, Beverly, 3; three brothers, Martin Becker, Bismarck, and Henry and Jacob Becker, Stanton; and one sister, Mrs. Athias (Mary) Renner, Beulah. He was a minister with the Church of God of Prophesy— Mrs. Paul Becker, 23, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bechtold, Minot. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Delbert (Rozella) Wilkerson, Minot, and Mrs. Robert (Verna) Richards, Lawton, Okla; and two brothers, William and Bud Bechtold, Minot. The Rev. H. K. Winkler, 36, was engaged in evangelistic work in the Sturgis area at the time of his death. He was formerly a pastor at Bismarck and Fargo chuches. He was born at Tripp, S.D., in 1918, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Winkler. He was married to Golda Becker, Nov. 5, 1942, at Beulah. He was employed as a bookkeeper at Liebelt Chevrolet in Beulah previous to his residence in South Dakota. He leaves one son, Kenneth, six brothers and three sisters. The brothers are: Joseph, John Otto, Sam Paul and Konme Winkler, all living in South Dakota and California. The sisters are: Mrs. Henry (Helen) Hahn, Mrs. Gottlieb Stoebner (Amelia) and Mrs. Nino (Emma) Rodriquez, all of South Dakota. His wife, Mrs. Winkler, 34, sister of the Rev. Becker, was born at Beulah, June 18, 1900, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becker. Erwin Bunk, 19, rural Halliday, was serving as a musician with the group. He was born at Zap, Nov. 14, 1935, to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bunk. He completed high school at Halliday last years as an honor student. He leaves one brother, Alvin Bunk, of Halliday. Funeral services were held at Sturgis, S.D., at 2 p.m. Saturday, after which the bodies were taken to Beulah. Pallbearers were the Revs Joseph Webb, Jack Judd, Floyd Camp, Clayton Endicott, Lloyd Elmore and Jack Decker, and Elmer Beyerle, Cleve Bunk, Leo Beyerle, Sam Doffeee, Roland Bunk, and Philip Doffed. Funeral arrangements were made by the Aarthun Funeral Home at Beulah, assisted by the Heinle Funeral Home, Garrison, Boelter Funeral Home, Bismarck, Dittus Funeral Home, Glen Ulin, and Erdman Funeral Home, Golden Valley. ~Source: The Bismarck Tribune, January 17, 1955
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