George Francis Yetter
- Born: 5/19/1912, Minnesota
- Marriage: Carmen Muriel Guentzel
- Died: 7/4/1960, Dassel, Minnesota at age 48
- Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, MN
Noted events in his life were:
1. Alt. Death: Died in boating accident on July 4th, wedding anniversary when Jane a teenager, 7/4/1960, Lake Washington near Mankato. From news contained in Findagrave.com: A Mankato area farmer drowned following the collision of two motorboats Monday - just a year and a day after his brother drowned. The death of George Yetter, 49, was the third Minnesota drowning of the long Independence Day weekend. The two other victims were children, both 2. Yetter drowned in Lake Washington near Mankato. Sheriff Pat Smith said the boat piloted by Yetter's brother-in-law, Harold Hiniker, 47, rural Mankato, and one driven by James P. Miller 25, Mankato, collided. Apparently Yetter fell or was knocked out of the craft when the collision occurred. Several other persons in the two boats were brought ashore by the lake patrol. Smith said investigation of the accident is continuing today. Hiniker was hospitalized for shock following the death of Yetter and officers were unable to talk to him Monday night. On July 3, 1959, Yetter's brother, Harry, of North Mankato, drowned in Lake Little Chippewa, where he had been boating with his wife.
2. Children: Had 4.
George married Carmen Muriel Guentzel. (Carmen Muriel Guentzel was born on 3/3/1926 in Minnesota, died on 7/10/2006 in Minnesota and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, MN.)
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