BURZETTE, Sherry Gaye 1952-2002

BURZETTE, MATHERS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/25/2009 at 17:57:19

PELLA, IOWA - Sherry Gaye Burzette, 50, passed away peacefully on Oct. 16, 2002, at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella from the results of breast cancer. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2002, at the Chapel of Van Dyke Duven Funeral Home in Pella. The Rev. Peter Kelder will officiate. Interment will be in Silent City Cemetery in Monroe. Special music will be "Wind Beneath My Wings" performed by Bette Midler. Casket bearers are Chad Brandt, Kelly Burzette, Greg Burzette, Brian Adams, Gary Riden, Jim Tangeman, and Brett Tangeman.

The visitation will begin Saturday at noon and will continue until service time at the Van Dyke Duven Funeral Home in Pella.

Sherry was born a set of twins on Feb. 25, 1952, in Mason City, to Melvin and Lois (Mathers) Burzette. She was a 1970 graduate of Charles City Community High School in Charles City.

Sherry was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 1996. She was determined to fight it and she did. She was cancer free until April 2002 when she was diagnosed with cancer in the lining of her heart. Once again she was going to fight it. She courageously started chemotherapy treatments again.

Sherry was a very spiritual person and believed in God and that God would take care of her. She left this physical world in peace.

In May 2002 her daughter, Brandi graduated from Charles City Community High School. Also in May, Sherry and Brandi moved to Monroe, to be closer to her son Chad and his family in Pella. Until April 2002, Sherry was manager of a convenience store in Charles City.

Left to cherish her memories until we meet again are: son, Chad (Holly) Brandt and grandchildren Sage, Shaffer and Tatum; daughter, Brandi of Pella; twin sister, Sheila (Gary) Riden of Charles City; sister, Jan (Brian) Adams of Osage; brother, Don (Connie) Burzette of Stewartville, Minn.; aunt, Beverly O'Connell of New Brunsfels, Texas; sister-in-law Ramona Burzette of Indianola; best friend, Connie (Jim) Tangeman of Monroe; numerous nieces and nephews.

The ones to meet her in heaven are: her mother, Lois Burzette; her brothers Robert, William, Greg and Fredrick; her sisters, Sandra and Susan.

For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the American Cancer Society or the Susan G. Coleman Foundation for Breast Cancer Research and Hospice of Pella.