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Chase County Obituaries
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Burns, Lloyd L or "Woody"
Lloyd Lester Burns, 89, of
Council Grove, formerly of
Delavan, died Oct. 22, 2002, at
the Lutheran Home in
Herington. Mr. Burns was a longtime
farmer and also worked for the
Santa Fe Railway for several
years.
Lloyd tester Burns, the son
of William Christian and Mary
Loduska Ferris Burns, was
born June 28, 1913, near
Delavan. He grew up on farms
near Delavan, attended grade
school in Delavan and gradu-
ated from high school in
Delavan in 1930.
He married Helen Elizabeth
Cunningham on May 1, 1935.
She died Sept. 15, 1983. He
married Evelyn Swenson. She
died Jan. 10, 1991.
Mr. Burns was a member of
the Wilsey United Methodist
Church. He had been a mem
ber of the Delavan and
Grandview school boards, a 4-
H leader and a member of the
Santa Fe Maintenance Union.
He participated in the Senior
Olympics and received a gold
medal in bowling.
He is survived by three
daughters, Phyllis Burns of
Delavan, M. Elaine Heskett of
Mankato and Janice Dike of
Titusville, Fla.; one son,
William Duane Burns of
Mulvane; nine grandchildren;
and 15 great-grandchildren.
The funeral was Oct. 25,
2002, in the Wilsey United
Methodist Church. Burial was in Delavan Cemetery at Delavan. Memorials in his name to
the Wilsey United Methodist
Church can be sent in care of
the Memorial Chapel of the
Flint Hills Funeral Home, 137
N. Union St., Council Grove,
KS 66846.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Oct 21, 2002
by your Chase County Host, Lorna Marvin.
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