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Obituary for Della Burns

from The Republican (Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana)--issue of March 26, 1959

DELLA BURNS

Della Burns, an arthritic patient for a number of years, died at her home near Brownsburg, Tuesday morning. She was born Jan. 9, 1880, the daughter of Amos and Martha Shirley Phillips. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors Lodge, Lebanon; Bethesda Baptist Church, and a charter member of the Brown Township Home Economics Club.

Services will be Friday, 10:30 a.m., at the Jones & Matthews Mortuary, Brownsburg, with burial in the Bethesda Cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Merle Burns, teacher in the Brown Township Schools; two sisters, Mrs. Rose DeLong, of Brownsburg and Mrs. Nora Westerfield, of Indianapolis; one granddaughter, Mrs. Barbara Dickey, and two great grandchildren. Her husband, Ernest Burns, died in 1951, and one son, Noel, also preceded her.

Submitted By: Mike Phillips, mphillips1@kc.rr.com