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Velma Avonell <I>McKinney</I> Burns

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Velma Avonell McKinney Burns

Birth
Sligo, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 Nov 2000 (aged 90)
Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Harborcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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V. AVONELL MCKINNEY BURNS CO-OWNED BUSINESSES ON WATTSBURG ROAD

V. Avonell McKinney Burns, 90, of Sligo, Clarion County, formerly of 8800 Wattsburg Road in Greene Township, died Monday, Nov. 6, 2000, at the Clarion Hospital after a brief illness.

She was born in Sligo March 14, 1910, daughter of the late Captain and Velma Winklebeck McKinney. She resided in Erie from 1948 to 1999.

She and her late husband owned the Burns Service Station, the Burns Mobile Home Park and a dairy bar on Wattsburg Road. She also worked as a telephone operator at the New Bethlehem Telephone Co.

She was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and enjoyed traveling and crocheting.

Her husband, Francis S. Burns, preceded her in death in 1974. Also preceding her in death were two brothers, James and Arthur McKinney.
Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt & Son Funeral Home, 2926 Pine Ave., Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. A service will be held there Thursday at 11 a.m., with the Rev. J. Kenneth Laber of Prince of Peace Lutheran church officiating.

Burial will be at Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery.

Erie Times-News (PA) - November 6, 2000
V. AVONELL MCKINNEY BURNS CO-OWNED BUSINESSES ON WATTSBURG ROAD

V. Avonell McKinney Burns, 90, of Sligo, Clarion County, formerly of 8800 Wattsburg Road in Greene Township, died Monday, Nov. 6, 2000, at the Clarion Hospital after a brief illness.

She was born in Sligo March 14, 1910, daughter of the late Captain and Velma Winklebeck McKinney. She resided in Erie from 1948 to 1999.

She and her late husband owned the Burns Service Station, the Burns Mobile Home Park and a dairy bar on Wattsburg Road. She also worked as a telephone operator at the New Bethlehem Telephone Co.

She was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and enjoyed traveling and crocheting.

Her husband, Francis S. Burns, preceded her in death in 1974. Also preceding her in death were two brothers, James and Arthur McKinney.
Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt & Son Funeral Home, 2926 Pine Ave., Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. A service will be held there Thursday at 11 a.m., with the Rev. J. Kenneth Laber of Prince of Peace Lutheran church officiating.

Burial will be at Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery.

Erie Times-News (PA) - November 6, 2000

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