On October 28 , 1947 , Snell , Oregon Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell , Jr. , and State Senate President Marshall E. Cornett were killed along with pilot Cliff Hogue when their small plane crashed in stormy weather southwest of Dog Lake in Lake County , Oregon . The group left Klamath Falls about 10:00 p.m. en route to a ranch owned by Oscar Kittredge in Warner Valley near Lakeview , Oregon . A state funeral was held for Snell , Farrell and Cornett at the Capitol in Salem . Snell was buried in Salem 's Belcrest Memorial Park
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1947 Oregon Beechcraft Bonanza crash
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