Burton, James Stanley (1928-2001)

BURTON, STOUT, BRANDT, JOSS

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Date: 1/4/2022 at 14:35:47

Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa
Tuesday, September 4, 2001

James "Stan" Burton, 73, Williams, died Friday, August 31, 2001 at Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls. Funeral services were held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Missionary Alliance Church in Blairsburg with Rev. Bill Keller officiating. Burial was in the Williams Cemetery in Williams. Surls Funeral Home in Williams was in charge of arrangements. A memorial fund has been established.

James Stanley Burton, son of Harold and Gertrude Stout Burton, was born July 7, 1928 in Jacksonville, Mo. He was a 1946 graduate of Williams High School and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1949-1953. He married Juanita Brandt on July 25, 1955. Mr. Burton was a farmer.

He attended Missionary Alliance Church in Blairsburg and was a past member of the Williams Lions Club, Williams American Legion Post #633, National Tractor Pullers Assoc., Tech Safety Director. He helped establish the Iowa Tractor Pullers Association. This was his 50th year of pulling.

He is survived by a son, Michel of Williams; two daughters, Dawn Burton, Omaha, Ne., and Lilah Joss, Des Moines; 6 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild; three brothers, Jerry Burton of Miami Springs, Fla., Floyd Burton of Iowa Falls; Harold Burton of St. John, Fla.; and a special friend, Velma Merritt of Roland.

He was preceded in death by his parents.