Prior to retiring in 2000, he was a bricklayer for 50 years, working out of BAC Local Union No. 9.
He attended Mt. Hope Church of God in Bagdad, Allegheny Township, and was a life member of the Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Department. His interests included woodworking and gardening.
Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Lucy V. (Rua) Burns; two sons, Lewis A. Burns Jr., of Leechburg, and Eugene T. Burns (Barbara), of North Apollo; three daughters, Mrs. Alan (Margaret) Law, of Baton Rouge, La., Mrs. David (Shirley) Callaghan, of Allegheny Township, and Doreen F. Burns, of Kittanning; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, Dean Burns, of Allegheny Township; and two sisters, Leora Dyett, of Warren, Ohio, and Ruth Snyder, of Allegheny Township.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a stillborn son; five brothers, Donald, Elmer B. "Al," Roy, Kenneth and Glenn Burns; and four sisters, Gertrude Bowser, Viola Metzler, Mary McCormick and Fay Sanford. Friends will be welcomed by his family from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at CLAWSONS, Leechburg, where funeral ceremonies will be held at 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Deborah Mentel officiating.
Interment following in Brookland Cemetery, Allegheny Township.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
Prior to retiring in 2000, he was a bricklayer for 50 years, working out of BAC Local Union No. 9.
He attended Mt. Hope Church of God in Bagdad, Allegheny Township, and was a life member of the Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Department. His interests included woodworking and gardening.
Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Lucy V. (Rua) Burns; two sons, Lewis A. Burns Jr., of Leechburg, and Eugene T. Burns (Barbara), of North Apollo; three daughters, Mrs. Alan (Margaret) Law, of Baton Rouge, La., Mrs. David (Shirley) Callaghan, of Allegheny Township, and Doreen F. Burns, of Kittanning; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, Dean Burns, of Allegheny Township; and two sisters, Leora Dyett, of Warren, Ohio, and Ruth Snyder, of Allegheny Township.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a stillborn son; five brothers, Donald, Elmer B. "Al," Roy, Kenneth and Glenn Burns; and four sisters, Gertrude Bowser, Viola Metzler, Mary McCormick and Fay Sanford. Friends will be welcomed by his family from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at CLAWSONS, Leechburg, where funeral ceremonies will be held at 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Deborah Mentel officiating.
Interment following in Brookland Cemetery, Allegheny Township.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
Family Members
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Eleanor Gertrude Burns Bowser
1905–1987
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Helen Viola Burns Metzler
1907–1992
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Roy Charles Burns
1909–1985
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Glenn James Burns
1911–1947
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Mary Ann Burns Cogley
1914–1997
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Kenneth Victor Burns
1916–1976
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Elverta May Burns
1918–1926
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Leora Burns Dyett
1920–2013
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Elmer B Burns
1923–1985
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Ruth E Burns Snyder
1926–2012
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Maxine Fay Burns Sanford
1928–1995
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Earl Burns
1930–1930
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Donald L Burns
1935–1987
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A Dean Burns
1937–2020
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