Mrs. Mary Burkitt Dies in Christopher. Mrs. Mary Burkitt, 93, of Mulkeytown, died Tuesday at Miners Hospital in Christopher. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, she was a member of the Mulkeytown Christian Church and the Royal Neighbors, Mulkeytown Camp 2975. Mrs. Burkitt was the widow of Orlen Burkitt. She is survived by a brother and two sisters: Harley Kirkpatrick, Christopher; Mrs. Anna Rentfro, Mulkeytown and Mrs. Elsie Hocking, Fairfield. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Gilbert Funeral Home in Christopher, with the Reverend Eugene Fox officiating. Interment will be in Mulkeytown Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
From Jane Grubbs: Mary and her husband Orlen raised Orlen's three nieces. Mary and Orlen owned a grocery store in Christopher. The store was first on S. Emma Street and then they moved it to Mulkey Street.
From Jane Grubbs: Mary and her husband Orlen raised Orlen's three nieces. Mary and Orlen owned a grocery store in Christopher. The store was first on S. Emma Street and then they moved it to Mulkey Street.
Mrs. Mary Burkitt Dies in Christopher. Mrs. Mary Burkitt, 93, of Mulkeytown, died Tuesday at Miners Hospital in Christopher. A lifelong resident of Franklin County, she was a member of the Mulkeytown Christian Church and the Royal Neighbors, Mulkeytown Camp 2975. Mrs. Burkitt was the widow of Orlen Burkitt. She is survived by a brother and two sisters: Harley Kirkpatrick, Christopher; Mrs. Anna Rentfro, Mulkeytown and Mrs. Elsie Hocking, Fairfield. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Gilbert Funeral Home in Christopher, with the Reverend Eugene Fox officiating. Interment will be in Mulkeytown Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
From Jane Grubbs: Mary and her husband Orlen raised Orlen's three nieces. Mary and Orlen owned a grocery store in Christopher. The store was first on S. Emma Street and then they moved it to Mulkey Street.
From Jane Grubbs: Mary and her husband Orlen raised Orlen's three nieces. Mary and Orlen owned a grocery store in Christopher. The store was first on S. Emma Street and then they moved it to Mulkey Street.
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