News article in the San Antonio Express News:
Fane Lee Burt
Born: July 28, 1924, in Kimble County
Died: Sept. 15, 2009, in Houston
Military: Army 1943-45, Air Force 1951-53
Preceded by: His wife, Mildred Corrine Harriss; and a brother, Andrew Matt Burt.
Survived by: Two daughters, Deborah and Rebecca, both of Houston; two sisters, Margaret Gaver and Frederica Wyatt, both of Junction; and a brother, Britton A. Burt of Junction.
Services: Funeral services took place in Junction.
Burt, 85, worked his way up in newspapers
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By Edmund Tijerina - Express-News
A war hero who returned home to Texas and went into the newspaper business, Fane Burt began his career as a Linotype operator and worked his way up to managing editor of San Antonio Express and the News.
During his tenure, he led the paper into a computerized newsroom.
Burt, who spent the first decade of his retirement years caring for his ailing wife, was buried on what would have been their 60th anniversary.
He died Tuesday in a Houston hospital. He was 85.
During his career in San Antonio, Burt began as a copy editor. He later worked as Sunday editor, managing editor, an associate editor and a member of the Editorial Board.
"He always impressed me with his mild-mannered, mature, calm and professional reaction to everything — no matter how urgent the issue seemed to me," said Barry Robinson, the administrative editor of the San Antonio Express-News. "He always thought about what he wanted and needed to say before opening his mouth. Almost all of us could learn from that."
A native of Kimble County, Burt graduated at the top of his Junction High School class before going to fight in World War II.
As a member of the 89th Infantry Division, he participated in the capture of the town of Eisenach and the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Burt received the Bronze Star, among other medals.
After the war, he went to work for the Junction Eagle as a Linotype operator and part-time writer, and later went to the Odessa Morning-Herald.
In 1949, Burt married Mildred Corrine Harriss in Junction.
Two years later, he joined the Air Force during the Korean conflict and was stationed throughout the country. While stationed at Randolph AFB, he was editor of the Wingspread newspaper.
After his service in Korea, he returned home to Texas and to newspapers. In 1953, he joined the Carrizo Springs Javelin, which he later bought. He sold that paper in 1965 and moved to Hondo, where he was the publisher of the Hondo Anvil Herald.
He much preferred daily newspapers to weeklies, explained a daughter, Debbie Burt.
"At weekly newspapers, it all depends on you putting it out. It's all-consuming," she said. "He liked the daily newspaper. He liked the San Antonio Express."
In a story before his retirement in 1987, he offered a quip about his career: "I didn't know much about daily newspapers," he said. "I've always been good at faking it."
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Fane Lee Burt
Born: July 28, 1924, in Kimble County
Died: Sept. 15, 2009, in Houston
Military: Army 1943-45, Air Force 1951-53
Preceded by: His wife, Mildred Corrine Harriss; and a brother, Andrew Matt Burt.
Survived by: Two daughters, Deborah and Rebecca, both of Houston; two sisters, Margaret Gaver and Frederica Wyatt, both of Junction; and a brother, Britton A. Burt of Junction.
Services: Funeral services took place in Junction.
Burt, 85, worked his way up in newspapers
________________________________________
By Edmund Tijerina - Express-News
A war hero who returned home to Texas and went into the newspaper business, Fane Burt began his career as a Linotype operator and worked his way up to managing editor of San Antonio Express and the News.
During his tenure, he led the paper into a computerized newsroom.
Burt, who spent the first decade of his retirement years caring for his ailing wife, was buried on what would have been their 60th anniversary.
He died Tuesday in a Houston hospital. He was 85.
During his career in San Antonio, Burt began as a copy editor. He later worked as Sunday editor, managing editor, an associate editor and a member of the Editorial Board.
"He always impressed me with his mild-mannered, mature, calm and professional reaction to everything — no matter how urgent the issue seemed to me," said Barry Robinson, the administrative editor of the San Antonio Express-News. "He always thought about what he wanted and needed to say before opening his mouth. Almost all of us could learn from that."
A native of Kimble County, Burt graduated at the top of his Junction High School class before going to fight in World War II.
As a member of the 89th Infantry Division, he participated in the capture of the town of Eisenach and the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Burt received the Bronze Star, among other medals.
After the war, he went to work for the Junction Eagle as a Linotype operator and part-time writer, and later went to the Odessa Morning-Herald.
In 1949, Burt married Mildred Corrine Harriss in Junction.
Two years later, he joined the Air Force during the Korean conflict and was stationed throughout the country. While stationed at Randolph AFB, he was editor of the Wingspread newspaper.
After his service in Korea, he returned home to Texas and to newspapers. In 1953, he joined the Carrizo Springs Javelin, which he later bought. He sold that paper in 1965 and moved to Hondo, where he was the publisher of the Hondo Anvil Herald.
He much preferred daily newspapers to weeklies, explained a daughter, Debbie Burt.
"At weekly newspapers, it all depends on you putting it out. It's all-consuming," she said. "He liked the daily newspaper. He liked the San Antonio Express."
In a story before his retirement in 1987, he offered a quip about his career: "I didn't know much about daily newspapers," he said. "I've always been good at faking it."
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Article printed in the San Antonio Express News
News article in the San Antonio Express News:
Fane Lee Burt
Born: July 28, 1924, in Kimble County
Died: Sept. 15, 2009, in Houston
Military: Army 1943-45, Air Force 1951-53
Preceded by: His wife, Mildred Corrine Harriss; and a brother, Andrew Matt Burt.
Survived by: Two daughters, Deborah and Rebecca, both of Houston; two sisters, Margaret Gaver and Frederica Wyatt, both of Junction; and a brother, Britton A. Burt of Junction.
Services: Funeral services took place in Junction.
Burt, 85, worked his way up in newspapers
________________________________________
By Edmund Tijerina - Express-News
A war hero who returned home to Texas and went into the newspaper business, Fane Burt began his career as a Linotype operator and worked his way up to managing editor of San Antonio Express and the News.
During his tenure, he led the paper into a computerized newsroom.
Burt, who spent the first decade of his retirement years caring for his ailing wife, was buried on what would have been their 60th anniversary.
He died Tuesday in a Houston hospital. He was 85.
During his career in San Antonio, Burt began as a copy editor. He later worked as Sunday editor, managing editor, an associate editor and a member of the Editorial Board.
"He always impressed me with his mild-mannered, mature, calm and professional reaction to everything — no matter how urgent the issue seemed to me," said Barry Robinson, the administrative editor of the San Antonio Express-News. "He always thought about what he wanted and needed to say before opening his mouth. Almost all of us could learn from that."
A native of Kimble County, Burt graduated at the top of his Junction High School class before going to fight in World War II.
As a member of the 89th Infantry Division, he participated in the capture of the town of Eisenach and the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Burt received the Bronze Star, among other medals.
After the war, he went to work for the Junction Eagle as a Linotype operator and part-time writer, and later went to the Odessa Morning-Herald.
In 1949, Burt married Mildred Corrine Harriss in Junction.
Two years later, he joined the Air Force during the Korean conflict and was stationed throughout the country. While stationed at Randolph AFB, he was editor of the Wingspread newspaper.
After his service in Korea, he returned home to Texas and to newspapers. In 1953, he joined the Carrizo Springs Javelin, which he later bought. He sold that paper in 1965 and moved to Hondo, where he was the publisher of the Hondo Anvil Herald.
He much preferred daily newspapers to weeklies, explained a daughter, Debbie Burt.
"At weekly newspapers, it all depends on you putting it out. It's all-consuming," she said. "He liked the daily newspaper. He liked the San Antonio Express."
In a story before his retirement in 1987, he offered a quip about his career: "I didn't know much about daily newspapers," he said. "I've always been good at faking it."
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Article printed in the San Antonio Express News
Fane Lee Burt
Born: July 28, 1924, in Kimble County
Died: Sept. 15, 2009, in Houston
Military: Army 1943-45, Air Force 1951-53
Preceded by: His wife, Mildred Corrine Harriss; and a brother, Andrew Matt Burt.
Survived by: Two daughters, Deborah and Rebecca, both of Houston; two sisters, Margaret Gaver and Frederica Wyatt, both of Junction; and a brother, Britton A. Burt of Junction.
Services: Funeral services took place in Junction.
Burt, 85, worked his way up in newspapers
________________________________________
By Edmund Tijerina - Express-News
A war hero who returned home to Texas and went into the newspaper business, Fane Burt began his career as a Linotype operator and worked his way up to managing editor of San Antonio Express and the News.
During his tenure, he led the paper into a computerized newsroom.
Burt, who spent the first decade of his retirement years caring for his ailing wife, was buried on what would have been their 60th anniversary.
He died Tuesday in a Houston hospital. He was 85.
During his career in San Antonio, Burt began as a copy editor. He later worked as Sunday editor, managing editor, an associate editor and a member of the Editorial Board.
"He always impressed me with his mild-mannered, mature, calm and professional reaction to everything — no matter how urgent the issue seemed to me," said Barry Robinson, the administrative editor of the San Antonio Express-News. "He always thought about what he wanted and needed to say before opening his mouth. Almost all of us could learn from that."
A native of Kimble County, Burt graduated at the top of his Junction High School class before going to fight in World War II.
As a member of the 89th Infantry Division, he participated in the capture of the town of Eisenach and the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Burt received the Bronze Star, among other medals.
After the war, he went to work for the Junction Eagle as a Linotype operator and part-time writer, and later went to the Odessa Morning-Herald.
In 1949, Burt married Mildred Corrine Harriss in Junction.
Two years later, he joined the Air Force during the Korean conflict and was stationed throughout the country. While stationed at Randolph AFB, he was editor of the Wingspread newspaper.
After his service in Korea, he returned home to Texas and to newspapers. In 1953, he joined the Carrizo Springs Javelin, which he later bought. He sold that paper in 1965 and moved to Hondo, where he was the publisher of the Hondo Anvil Herald.
He much preferred daily newspapers to weeklies, explained a daughter, Debbie Burt.
"At weekly newspapers, it all depends on you putting it out. It's all-consuming," she said. "He liked the daily newspaper. He liked the San Antonio Express."
In a story before his retirement in 1987, he offered a quip about his career: "I didn't know much about daily newspapers," he said. "I've always been good at faking it."
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