On October 28 , 1947 , Cornett and two other top office-holders , Oregon Governor Earl Snell and Oregon Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell , Jr. , were killed in a plane crash while en route to the Kittredge Ranch in Warner Valley near Lakeview , Oregon . " The Kittredge 's were hosting a goose hunt for these Oregon officials . The airplane left Klamath Falls about 10:00 P.M. ( or later ) and did not arrive at the Kittredge Ranch . " Pilot Cliff Hogue perished as well , when his small plane crashed in stormy weather southwest of Dog Lake . A state funeral was held for Snell , Farrell and Cornett at the Capitol in Salem
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1947 Oregon Beechcraft Bonanza crash
Marshall E. Cornett