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Catharine “Kate” Burns

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Catharine “Kate” Burns

Birth
Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
26 May 1947 (aged 91–92)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.8148814, Longitude: -104.7995308
Plot
Block 00055 000002 - 0000SE
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Colorado Springs Free Press, Tuesday 5/27/1947

Services Wednesday For Miss Kate Burns

Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s church Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock for Miss Kate Burns, 423 North Tejon St., who passed away Monday morning at a local hospital. She had been a resident of Colorado Springs for many years, coming to this vicinity about 1890. She was born in Montreal, Canada, and was a member of St. Mary’s church here.

Surviving are six nephews and one niece: James A. Peck, Colorado Springs; Robert A. Peck, Central America; Wilson Burns and James F. Burns, Jr., and Robert F. Burns, Colorado Springs, and Gladys Burns Nicholson, Denver. Two sisters-in-law, Mrs. J. W. Ady, Jr., and Mrs. Zula R. Burns, also survive.

Rosary will be recited this evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Law drawing room.
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, Tuesday May 27, 1947

Kate Burns, Sister Of Cripple Creek Mining King, Dies

Miss Kate Burns, 423 N. Tejon St., native of Montreal, Canada, who came to Colorado Springs in 1890 (1886), died at a hospital here on Monday. She would have been 92 years old on June 9. Miss Burns is the last of the prominent pioneer Burns Family, long identified with mining, railroads and other industrial interests of the state. Requiem high mass will be held at St. Mary’s church a 9 o’clock Wednesday morning and interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Miss Burns was a sister of James F. Burns, who with James Doyle located the famous Portland Mine on the Cripple Creek District in 1891, one the greatest mines in the world, and the largest of the mining camp. It was his fortune that built the Burns theater, now named the Chief.

The other brothers and sisters who came to the region in 1890 (1886) with Miss Burns and James F. Burns, were Thomas F. Burns, Jane Burns and Mary Ann Burns, who later married Frank G. Peck. All of them preceded her in death. The parents died in Maine before the family came west.

Surviving are seven nephews and nieces: James J Burns, Jr., of New York, Wilson Burns, Sharon, Pa.; Mrs. Gladys Burns Nicholson, Denver; Thomas F. Burns, Jr., whose address is not known; Robert A Peck, Central America, Robert R. Burns, Colorado Springs, and James A. Peck, Colorado Springs.

Pallbearers will be Charles F. Gaiterer, Fred C. Howard, Rudolph F. Seidl, Richard Wilhelm, Leslie A. Goss, and James N. McCullough. Rosary services will held at the Law Drawing room at 7:30 o’clock tonight.
Colorado Springs Free Press, Tuesday 5/27/1947

Services Wednesday For Miss Kate Burns

Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s church Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock for Miss Kate Burns, 423 North Tejon St., who passed away Monday morning at a local hospital. She had been a resident of Colorado Springs for many years, coming to this vicinity about 1890. She was born in Montreal, Canada, and was a member of St. Mary’s church here.

Surviving are six nephews and one niece: James A. Peck, Colorado Springs; Robert A. Peck, Central America; Wilson Burns and James F. Burns, Jr., and Robert F. Burns, Colorado Springs, and Gladys Burns Nicholson, Denver. Two sisters-in-law, Mrs. J. W. Ady, Jr., and Mrs. Zula R. Burns, also survive.

Rosary will be recited this evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Law drawing room.
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, Tuesday May 27, 1947

Kate Burns, Sister Of Cripple Creek Mining King, Dies

Miss Kate Burns, 423 N. Tejon St., native of Montreal, Canada, who came to Colorado Springs in 1890 (1886), died at a hospital here on Monday. She would have been 92 years old on June 9. Miss Burns is the last of the prominent pioneer Burns Family, long identified with mining, railroads and other industrial interests of the state. Requiem high mass will be held at St. Mary’s church a 9 o’clock Wednesday morning and interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Miss Burns was a sister of James F. Burns, who with James Doyle located the famous Portland Mine on the Cripple Creek District in 1891, one the greatest mines in the world, and the largest of the mining camp. It was his fortune that built the Burns theater, now named the Chief.

The other brothers and sisters who came to the region in 1890 (1886) with Miss Burns and James F. Burns, were Thomas F. Burns, Jane Burns and Mary Ann Burns, who later married Frank G. Peck. All of them preceded her in death. The parents died in Maine before the family came west.

Surviving are seven nephews and nieces: James J Burns, Jr., of New York, Wilson Burns, Sharon, Pa.; Mrs. Gladys Burns Nicholson, Denver; Thomas F. Burns, Jr., whose address is not known; Robert A Peck, Central America, Robert R. Burns, Colorado Springs, and James A. Peck, Colorado Springs.

Pallbearers will be Charles F. Gaiterer, Fred C. Howard, Rudolph F. Seidl, Richard Wilhelm, Leslie A. Goss, and James N. McCullough. Rosary services will held at the Law Drawing room at 7:30 o’clock tonight.

Gravesite Details

Buried: 5/28/1947, Source: City of Colo Spgs online cem data 3/2/09



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