Burg, Mrs. Elizabeth 1860-1943

BURG

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/26/2020 at 09:41:22

LeMars Globe-Post, Monday, October 25, 1943

MRS. MIKE BURG DIES AT ST. PAUL.
Wife of Pioneer LeMars Business Man Succumbs
At Advance Age.

Mrs. Elizabeth Burg passed away Friday morning at St. Josesph’s hospital at St. Paul, Minn., due to sickness incident to advanced age.

Funeral services were conducted in LeMars from St. Joseph church and burial was in St. Joseph cemetery, with Msgr. J. D. Fisch officiating. Her body was laid to rest beside that of her husband, a pioneer LeMars business man.

Elizabeth Burg was born in the grand duchy of Luxemburg in the year 1860, and came to this country as a child with her parents, and was 83 years old at the time of her death.

The family settled in Chicago. After the Chicago Fire, she came to LeMars and made her home here until about 18 years ago, when she moved to St. Paul to be with her children, who settled there.

Mrs. Burg is survived by 6 sons; Gregory N., Leo J., Frank J., Alfred D., of the Twin Cities; George P., Frank J. and Alex J., of Los Angeles; and two daughters, Celeste, and Mrs. Joseph Gehlen, of St. Paul, Minn. There are also 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.