Obituary
Oberlin New-Tribune
Oberlin, Ohio
Thursday, March 17, 1949, Page 1
BURR.--Josephine Paige Burr, age 79, representative of one of the early families of Oberlin and wife of Rev. Henry C. Burr, died Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. at Allen Hospital after an illness of a few hours. Death was caused by an intestinal thrombosis. Mrs. Burr was born July 14, 1869, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P. Paige. The family home then was near East Oberlin. In 1881 the family moved to the home at the corner of East College Street and Crosby Road, which was known in later years as the Kimpton house. Mrs. Burr's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Paige, had come by oxcart to Ohio from Vermont in 1833, the year of the founding of the village and college. They built and lived in a log cabin north of the present town. Mrs. Burr graduated from Oberlin High School in 1887 and attended Oberlin College, graduating in 1892. The following year she married Henry C. Burr, a Methodist minister. Rev. Mr. Burr held pastorates for many years under the Methodist Conference, first in New York State and later in Ohio. On his retirement 10 years ago they returned to Oberlin to make their home, living at 49 East Lorain Street. Mrs. Burr was a member of the First Methodist Church here. Besides her husband, Mrs. Burr is survived by one son, Dr. H. Leonard Burr, Detroit, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. K. Eudora Hull and Mrs. Jessie Kimpton, and one brother, G. A. Paige, all of Oberlin; and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held this (Thursday) morning at the Cowling-Sedgeman Funeral Home with Rev. Wilbur E. Goist officiating. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
Obituary
Oberlin New-Tribune
Oberlin, Ohio
Thursday, March 17, 1949, Page 1
BURR.--Josephine Paige Burr, age 79, representative of one of the early families of Oberlin and wife of Rev. Henry C. Burr, died Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. at Allen Hospital after an illness of a few hours. Death was caused by an intestinal thrombosis. Mrs. Burr was born July 14, 1869, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P. Paige. The family home then was near East Oberlin. In 1881 the family moved to the home at the corner of East College Street and Crosby Road, which was known in later years as the Kimpton house. Mrs. Burr's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Paige, had come by oxcart to Ohio from Vermont in 1833, the year of the founding of the village and college. They built and lived in a log cabin north of the present town. Mrs. Burr graduated from Oberlin High School in 1887 and attended Oberlin College, graduating in 1892. The following year she married Henry C. Burr, a Methodist minister. Rev. Mr. Burr held pastorates for many years under the Methodist Conference, first in New York State and later in Ohio. On his retirement 10 years ago they returned to Oberlin to make their home, living at 49 East Lorain Street. Mrs. Burr was a member of the First Methodist Church here. Besides her husband, Mrs. Burr is survived by one son, Dr. H. Leonard Burr, Detroit, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. K. Eudora Hull and Mrs. Jessie Kimpton, and one brother, G. A. Paige, all of Oberlin; and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held this (Thursday) morning at the Cowling-Sedgeman Funeral Home with Rev. Wilbur E. Goist officiating. Burial will be in Westwood Cemetery.
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