Burnett, Aaron Ross (1969-2002)

BURNETT, JORGENSEN, SAWYER

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 6/27/2021 at 07:15:16

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Tuesday, August 27, 2002

Aaron R. Burnett, 33 of Marshalltown, a former resident of Manassas, Va., died Saturday, Aug. 24, 2002 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2002 at the Missionary Alliance Church in Blairsburg with Rev. Bill Keller officiating. Burial will be in the Blairsburg Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday evening at the Foster Funeral Home in Webster City.

Aaron Ross Burnett, son of Danny and Rena Jorgensen Burnett, was born June 26, 1969 at Key West, Fla. Aaron graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Guam in 1987. He attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago from 1987 to 1989. He attended Crown College in St. Boniface, Minn., where he graduated with Cum Laude honors with his B.A. in Music in 1994. Upon his graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy from 1994 to 1998 where he worked in the Pentagon from 1998 to 2001, he worked for G.M.S.I. in Bethesda, Md., as a computer systems engineer, where he was involved with networking renovations at the Pentagon. On Jan. 31, 2001 he suffered a brain stem arterial problem, resulting in a stroke which caused his death.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sister, Mindy Sawyer of Clarion, two nephews, Timothy Sawyer and Steven Sawyer, and a niece, Rebekah Sawyer, all of Clarion; grandparents, Raymond and Rosaline Jorgensen of Williams and Evelyn Burnett of Webster City.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ross Burnett. Aaron was a member of the Centreville Baptist Church in Centreville, Va. He was involved in the Centreville Baptist Church singles ministry and the Bell Choir at Arlington Cemetery, Fort Meyer's Chapel in Arlington, Va.