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George Raymond Burns

Male 1900 - 1989  (88 years)


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  • Name George Raymond Burns 
    Nickname Ray 
    Born 2 Jun 1900  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Jan 1989  Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 9 Jan 1989  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2759  Rossville
    Last Modified 9 May 2018 

    Father Joel Vandiver (Joe) Burns,   b. 3 Dec 1862,   d. 11 Mar 1932  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Julia Ellen Navarre Burns,   b. 6 Feb 1863, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1928, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucy Blandin Burns,   b. 4 Apr 1899, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1973, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1924  Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Billie Lee Burns,   b. 1930,   d. 1934  (Age 4 years)
    +2. Mary L Burns Carr,   b. 15 Aug 1932,   d. 23 Jan 2017, Town and Country, St. Louis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Philip D Burns
     4. Edwin Burns
     5. James Burns
     6. Martin Burns
     7. Theresa Burns Askren McNary
     8. Julia Burns Kennedy
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2017 11:05:41 
    Family ID F939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harriett Gile Strawn Burns 
    Married 23 May 1975  Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 17 May 2016 09:15:16 
    Family ID F940  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Nov 1924 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 May 1975 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Jan 1989 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Burns, George
    Obituary- Burns, George
    HOLTON - Mass of Christian burial will be at 1:30 p.m. today at St. Dominic's Catholic Church in Holton for G. Raymond Burns, 88, Denison. He died Friday, Jan. 6, 1989 at a Holton nursing home.
    Mr. Burns was a farmer and stockman in the Mayetta community.
    He was born June 2, 1900, near Rossville, the son of Joseph V. and Julia E. Navarre Burns. He attended Rossville schools and lived on a farm west of Mayetta from 1929 to 1985 when he moved to Denison.
    Mr. Burns was a member of St. Dominic's Catholic Church in Holton. He was married to Lucy Blandin Nov. 1, 1924. She died Nov. 9, 1973. A son, Billie Burns, died in 1934. He was married to Harriett Gile Strawn May 23, 1975, in Holton. She survives.
    Other survivors include four sons, Philip Burns, Wichita, Edwin Burns, Manhattan, James Burns, Columbus, Ga., and Martin Burns, Holton; three daughters, Mary Carr, Monroe, Ohio, and Theresa Askren and Julia Kennedy, both of Topeka; two stepsons, Robert Strawn, Denison, and Curtis Strawn, Topeka; a stepdaughter, Sarah L. DeVader, Holton; 31 grandchildren; eight step grandchildren; and 63 great-grandchildren.
    Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Jackson County Nursing Home in Holton and sent in care of Farmers State Bank in Circleville, 66416.
    --Capital Journal 1-9-89