BURROUGHS, John Sires 1868-1951

BURROUGHS, DUFF, OHARE, SCHULTZ, CREASEY, PARKER, SHERIFF, GOERDT, HELMES, ROLFES, SCHARA, ATCHINSON, RINKER, MOHWINKLE, REEDER, HERMANSON, SPORES, ZIEMAN, WATERS, GORDON, BELLOWS, LINK, NELSON, OMEARA

Posted By: Brian Theiler (email)
Date: 4/22/2003 at 13:00:16

Obituary - John Burroughs

Funeral services were held Thursday morning of last week at St. Joseph's Church, New Albin, for John Burroughs, who passed away Monday at the Veterans Hospital in Waukon.

He was born Oct. 2nd 1868 in Dubuque county, a son of Stephen Burroughs and Elizabeth Duff Burroughs. He came to Allamakee county as a youth and the family lived near Dorchester and Caledonia, Minn., for many years.

He was educated in the rural schools and on April 19, 1886 was married to Alice Ameilia Sheriff who preceded him in death Oct. 8th, 1950. He then went to live with a daughter, Mrs. John O'Hara of near Waukon and last spring came to New Albin to make his home with a son, Lawrence.

Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs were the parents of several children, two of whom preceded them in death. Immediate survivors besides the children mentioned above include his son William, Waukon; Mrs. Henry Schultz, Dorchester; Manford, Victor; Harvey, Garrison; Mrs. Joe Creasey, Santa Monica, Calif.; Mrs. Lydia Parker, Calif.; Jessie Burroughs, Caledonia, Minn.; two brothers, David and Ephriam of Dorchester vicinity and one sister, Mrs. Sarah Sheriff, of Lansing; 36 grandchildren, 39 great grandchildren, besides a number of nieces and nephews. Mr. Burroughs was a well known farmer and served as a mail carrier out of Dorchester until his retirement some years ago.

Father John Costelloe offered the Requiem Mass and said the final prayers at the Catholic cemetery near New Albin. Pall bearers were Robert and Roland Burroughs, Raymond and Wilfred Schultz, Merlin and Forrest Sheriff. Among the out of town relatives and firends attending the funeral services were: Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Goerdt, Dyersville; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Burroughs and Delbert, Garrison; Mr. and Mrs. Manford Burroughs, New Hartford; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Helmes, Dysert; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Rolfes, Garrison; Delmar Burroughs, Baraboo, Wis.; Mrs. and Mrs. Al Schara, Sauk City, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. W. Atchinson, Prairie du Chien, Wis.; Donald and Allan Burroughs, Waterloo; Kenneth Burroughs, McGregor; Mrs. Mary Rinker, Vinton; Mr. and Mrs. John O'Hara and Katherine, Mr. and Mrs. August Mohwinkle, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Reeder, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hermanson, Mrs. Les Hermanson, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Burroughs and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Reeder, Mrs. Maude O'Hara, Waukon; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spores and Harold Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Spores, the Wilford Schultz family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Schultz, Mrs. Lizzie Zieman, Mrs. James Spores, the James Waters family, Mrs. Daniel Burroughs and Roland, Mr. Ephriam Burroughs, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gordon and Irvin Bellows, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hermanson, all of Dorchester and vicinity; the Jessie Burroughs family and Everett Link and wife, Caledonia; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Nelson, Rushford, Minn.; Mrs. Sarah Sheriff and sons Merlin, Clarence and Edward, the Garland Burroughs family, of Lansing; Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Sheriff, Reno, Minn; Mrs. Mike O'Meara Lax

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