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Roscoe W Burton

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Roscoe W Burton

Birth
Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
Death
6 May 1931 (aged 35)
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
TWI 8, Lot 74, Grave 2
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The funeral of Roscoe Burton, 35, employee of the Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company, will be conducted at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Moffitt-Piepho funeral home, the Rev. Dewey Hole officiating. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery.

Employed in the shipping department of the Ball Brothers Company, Mr. Burton suffered a heart attack shortly after reporting for work yesterday morning. An ambulance was called, but Mr. Burton succumbed before he could be taken to the hospital. He came to Muncie from Mitchell, Ind. and had been employed by the Ball Brothers Company for the past 15 years. He was a member of the Baptist Church, the Moose Lodge and the Eagles Lodge.

Surviving besides the widow, Mrs. Lydia Burton, are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Burton of Mitchell; a son, Wilburn Burton, of Muncie; three brothers, Edward Burton of Mitchell, Walter and Ison Burton of Anderson; five sisters, Mrs. Effie Bennett, Mrs. Hazel millage, Mrs. Bessie Eck, all of Anderson, Mrs. Martha Happel of New York, and Mrs. Ella Huffman of California.
The funeral of Roscoe Burton, 35, employee of the Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company, will be conducted at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Moffitt-Piepho funeral home, the Rev. Dewey Hole officiating. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery.

Employed in the shipping department of the Ball Brothers Company, Mr. Burton suffered a heart attack shortly after reporting for work yesterday morning. An ambulance was called, but Mr. Burton succumbed before he could be taken to the hospital. He came to Muncie from Mitchell, Ind. and had been employed by the Ball Brothers Company for the past 15 years. He was a member of the Baptist Church, the Moose Lodge and the Eagles Lodge.

Surviving besides the widow, Mrs. Lydia Burton, are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Burton of Mitchell; a son, Wilburn Burton, of Muncie; three brothers, Edward Burton of Mitchell, Walter and Ison Burton of Anderson; five sisters, Mrs. Effie Bennett, Mrs. Hazel millage, Mrs. Bessie Eck, all of Anderson, Mrs. Martha Happel of New York, and Mrs. Ella Huffman of California.


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  • Created by: Jane
  • Added: Mar 31, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67711399/roscoe_w-burton: accessed ), memorial page for Roscoe W Burton (2 Jul 1895–6 May 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67711399, citing Elm Ridge Memorial Park, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Jane (contributor 47242360).