Mildred Lucille Lamb Burris (1918-2004)

Mildred Lucille Lamb Burris

Birth

2 Apr 1918

Farmer City, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA

Death

27 Jan 2004 (aged 85)

Farmer City, DeWitt County, Illinois, USA

Burial

Grandview Memorial Gardens

Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, USA Add to Map

Plot

Apostles 96 A3

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Mildred Lucille Burris, 85, of Farmer City, passed away at 10:30 pm Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at Jackson Heights Nursing Home in Farmer City. Services will be at 1:00 pm Friday, January 30, 2004 at Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home, Farmer City. Burial will be at Grandview memorial Gardens, Champaign. Visitation will take place from noon until 1:00 pm on Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Jackson Heights Nursing Home or to a charity of the donor's choice.

Mrs. Burris was born April 2, 1918 in DeWitt County to Jerry Myrse Lamb (1888-1965)and Bessie Jane (Turpin) Lamb (1893-1980). She married Leslie Clay Burris (1916-2001)on February 14, 1938 in Washington IA. He passed away October 24, 2001.

She is survived by one son, John Leslie Burris (1953-2008) of Farmer City; two grandsons: Brian (Dawn) of DeWitt and Michael (Anissa) of Bellflower; three great-grandchildren: Taylor, Cassidy and Cheyenne; four brothers: Carl (Normalee) Lamb of Yuma AZ; Cecil (Irene) Lamb of Clinton; Odell (Pat) Lamb of Farmer City; and Wilbert Lamb of Bloomington; and three sisters: Edith Zimmerman, Farmer City; Erma Bell of Clinton and Opal Foulks of Farmer City.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and three sisters.

Mrs. Burris was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She was a member of the VFW Post 6190 Auxiliary in Farmer City.

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She is one of 13 children
1. Mary Belle 1912-1995;
2. Carl Adolph Lamb (1914-2008);
3. Geneva Jane (1915-1992) ;
4. Edith Veuela (1917-2007) :
5. Mildred Lucille. (1918-2004);
6. James Lester. (1919-1994) ;
7. Wilbert Myrse (1921-2006) ;
8. Paul David. (1922-1987) ;
9. Cecil Sanford (1925-2009) ;
10. Ora Odell. (1926-2005) ;
11. Rosella Mae (1927-1927) ;
12, Erma Marie (1928- ) ; and
13. Opal Vernelle (1935-2009 )

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