MARY ANN BURROUGHS - died 1970

BURROUGHS, DRESSER, SMITH, SWENSON

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Date: 6/30/2005 at 08:16:59

MARY ANN BURROUGHS - died 1970

Mary Ann Burroughs, 15, daughter of Dr. Foster Burroughs and Evelyn (Dresser) Burroughs died at St. Mary's Hospital at Rochester, Minnesota at 1:00 p.m. December 16. Death was attributed to leukemia. Surviving are her parents, a brother Dr. John Burroughs of Hollywood, Florida, a sister, Susan Gayle, at home; her grandmother Mrs. Maria Smith of Postville and grandfather Harry Swenson of Goodhue, Minnesota. A memorial service was held at the United Methodist Church in Waterloo Friday evening.

-submitters note: Mary Ann Burroughs grandmother, Maria Smith, was a granddaughter-in-law of Reuben Smith of the Old Stone House fame.

Postville Herald, hand dated 1970 - contributed by Mary Durr