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Howard William Burns

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Howard William Burns

Birth
Milmine, Piatt County, Illinois, USA
Death
2 Jun 1959 (aged 66)
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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obit: Council Bluffs, Iowa Nonpareil June 3, 1959 page 10

Howard W. Burns, 66, 522 S. 7th St., died Tuesday at his home following an extended illness.

Born in Millmine, Ill., he was a Council Bluffs resident many years. He was a retired switchman for the Great Western Railroad and also worked as a salesman for Swift and CO.

He was a member of the Switchman's Union, the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employes, and the Masonic Lodge of Dixon, Ill.

Survivor's include: widow, Carrie; daughter, Mrs. Carl Eckert of Council Bluffs; brother, Robert Burns of Tampa, Fla.; sister, Mrs. Norma Burke of Tampa, and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Meyer Chapel. The Rev. Vernon Rice of St. John's United Church of Christ will officiate. Interment will be at Cedar Lawn.
obit: Council Bluffs, Iowa Nonpareil June 3, 1959 page 10

Howard W. Burns, 66, 522 S. 7th St., died Tuesday at his home following an extended illness.

Born in Millmine, Ill., he was a Council Bluffs resident many years. He was a retired switchman for the Great Western Railroad and also worked as a salesman for Swift and CO.

He was a member of the Switchman's Union, the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employes, and the Masonic Lodge of Dixon, Ill.

Survivor's include: widow, Carrie; daughter, Mrs. Carl Eckert of Council Bluffs; brother, Robert Burns of Tampa, Fla.; sister, Mrs. Norma Burke of Tampa, and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Meyer Chapel. The Rev. Vernon Rice of St. John's United Church of Christ will officiate. Interment will be at Cedar Lawn.


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