William J. Burch, 82, died at noon today at Donna Nursing Home in Gosport, after a severe illness during the last month.
He had suffered a stroke 15 months ago and was taken to the nursing home.
Surviving are sons Clyde, Claude and William Burch of Bloomington, Robert of Chicago, and James of Indianapolis; a daughter Mrs. Hazel Minor, Bloomington, and Mrs. Orville Westmorland, Jackson, Ill.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Greene and Harrell Funeral Home, where friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Burch was a retired carpenter and contractor.
Bloomington Daily Herald-Telephone 06/08/1959
Funeral services for William J. Burch, 82, of Bloomington, who died Saturday at the Donna Nursing Home in Gosport, were conducted at 2:3[0] p.m. today.
Rev. Arthur Miller officiated in the Greene and Harrell Funeral Home, and burial was in Clear Creek Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Phillip, James, and Richard Burch, William Minor, Jess Carmichael, and Wendell Baxter.
Mr. Burch, a retired carpenter and contractor, is survived by five sons, Clyde and William Burch, of Bloomington; Claude, of Nashville, Robert, of Chicago, and James, of Indianapolis; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Minor, Bloomington, and Mrs. Orville Westmorland, Jacksonville, Ill.; 10 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren
A brother, Ray Burch, of Indianapolis, and three sisters--Mrs. Ella Crum, Evansville; Mrs. Ethel Carter, Stanford, and Clara Burch, Bloomington -- also survive.
William J. Burch, 82, died at noon today at Donna Nursing Home in Gosport, after a severe illness during the last month.
He had suffered a stroke 15 months ago and was taken to the nursing home.
Surviving are sons Clyde, Claude and William Burch of Bloomington, Robert of Chicago, and James of Indianapolis; a daughter Mrs. Hazel Minor, Bloomington, and Mrs. Orville Westmorland, Jackson, Ill.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Greene and Harrell Funeral Home, where friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Burch was a retired carpenter and contractor.
Bloomington Daily Herald-Telephone 06/08/1959
Funeral services for William J. Burch, 82, of Bloomington, who died Saturday at the Donna Nursing Home in Gosport, were conducted at 2:3[0] p.m. today.
Rev. Arthur Miller officiated in the Greene and Harrell Funeral Home, and burial was in Clear Creek Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Phillip, James, and Richard Burch, William Minor, Jess Carmichael, and Wendell Baxter.
Mr. Burch, a retired carpenter and contractor, is survived by five sons, Clyde and William Burch, of Bloomington; Claude, of Nashville, Robert, of Chicago, and James, of Indianapolis; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Minor, Bloomington, and Mrs. Orville Westmorland, Jacksonville, Ill.; 10 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren
A brother, Ray Burch, of Indianapolis, and three sisters--Mrs. Ella Crum, Evansville; Mrs. Ethel Carter, Stanford, and Clara Burch, Bloomington -- also survive.
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