Burrill, Lowell Lloyd 1895-1951

BURRILL, STINTON, SCHECKEL

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 1/21/2006 at 14:39:51

From the LeMars Sentinel, Friday, September 28, 1951, Page 1, Column 7:
L. L. Burrill Rites Friday In Akron

Funeral services for Lowell L. Burrill, 56, prominent Akron business man and widely known over the state in fraternal circles, will be at 3 p.m. Friday Sept. 28, at the Rossow funeral home in Akron.

Mr. Burrill died Monday at Palo Alto, Calif., after suffering a heart attack. He and Mrs. Burrill had gone to the west coast several weeks ago with the intention of making their home there.

Rev. Robert F. Chapler, chaplain of the Methodist hospital at Sioux City, will officiate and burial will be in the Akron cemetery. The funeral service will be private. There will be military rites by the American Legion at the graveside.

Before engaging in the insurance business, Mr. Burrill was associated with his father in the operation of the W. W. Burrill & Son clothing business.

He was born May 21, 1895 in Akron, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Burrill. He married Olive Scheckel of Akron, September 22, 1921. He was a longtime member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, having served as first president of the Akron aerie and later as its secretary. He served as president of the state organization in 1945.

Mr. Burrill was a member of the state soldiers relief commission of the American Legion, Freedom lodge, A. F. & A. M., the Consistory and other Masonic bodies. He was associated with the Akron fire department for 30 years and served as chief for nearly 25 years.

Survivors include the widow; a son, Claude, who is a graduate student at the University of Iowa; a daughter, Mrs. Maybelle Shoener of Palo Alto, and a brother, Stanley of Los Angeles.

Obituary, publication and date unknown (Lowell died September 24, 1951):
Adaville
(Adaville Special)

Lowell Burrill, 57 (actually 56), well known business man, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 24, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hal Shoner (sic--Shoener) at Pala Alta (sic--Palo Alto) Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Burrill had recently sold their home in Akron and were going to locate in Calif.

Mr. Burrill was in the clothing business at Akron for many years, retiring several years ago. He served with the Akron fire department for 37 years, most of this time as fire chief. He was a veteran of World War I.

Surviving is his wife, Olive; one son, Claude, a student at Iowa City; a daughter, Maybell(e) Shoner (sic--Shoener) of Palo Alta (sic--Palo Alto), and a brother Stanley Burrill living in California.

Funeral services will be held at Akron on Friday afternoon, Sept. 28.

(Probably) From the Akron Register-Tribune, date unknown (Lowell died September 24, 1951):
RITES ARE HELD LAST FRIDAY FOR FORMER RESIDENT
Lowell L. Burrill Had Served In Many Civic Affairs Of Community

Lowell L. Burrill, a life-time resident of Akron, passed away in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday morning, September 24, 1951, following a recurrence of an illness suffered approximately a year and a half ago. Mr. and Mrs. Burrill had recently left here for California with the intention of making that their home.

Lowell L. Burrill was born in Akron, Iowa, May 21, 1895, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley W. Burrill, and attained the age of 56 years, 4 months, and 3 days. He is a descendant of long-time residents of Plymouth county. His maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Stinton, homesteaded land in the vicinity of Adaville, where his mother was born. His paternal grandparents were early settlers in eastern Iowa, where his father was born, and soon thereafter settled in Plymouth county.

For many years Lowell was associated with his father in the clothing business which had been founded in Akron by his father in 1893, as a young man. He remained active in such business until after his father's death and until injuries, which he suffered in an accident in 1938, made it impossible for him to continue such activities.

Lowell was active in civic and lodge affairs throughout his lifetime. He was a charter member of the Big Sioux Aerie, No. 2236, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and served as its first president. Thereafter he acted as secretary until his resignation just before departing for California. In 1941 he was elected state president of the F. O. E., and had served in various official capacities throughout the state ever since, being a member of major committees at all state conventions of the organization. He was also a member of Freedom Lodge, No. 434, A. F. and A. M., of Akron, and the Sioux City Consistory.

Mr. Burrill's most untiring service was rendered in behalf of the Akron fire department, of which he had been a member for thirty-seven consecutive years, and served as chief for thirteen years, giving much of his time and effort in the improvement of the equipment and efficiency of the department.

He was a member of the Medical Corps in World War I, being stationed at Camp Deming, New Mexico. A charter member of Albert E. Hoschler Post, No. 186, American Legion, of Akron, he was a past commander and served as post service officer for many years. He was a member of the Soldiers' Relief Board of Plymouth county, and many service men and their wives and widows found him an untiring friend in their time of trouble or necessity.

Mr. Burrill is survived by his widow, Olive A. Burrill (nee Sheckel), formerly of Alton, Iowa, to whom he was married September 22, 1921. He is also survived by a son, Claude W. Burrill, of Iowa City, Iowa; a daughter, Mrs. Harold Shoener, of Palo Alto, Calif.; a brother, Stanley S. Burrill, of Los Angeles, Calif., and a grandson, Craig Randolph Shoener.

The community offers sincere sympathy to the relatives in this sudden bereavement. His pleasant personality and helpful and sympathethic nature gained for him a host of lasting friends.

The remains arrived here from California on Thursday of last week and funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Rossow Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Robert Chapler, of Sioux City, a former army chaplain. Members of the Akron fire department acting as pallbearers were: Wm. Blankenburg, Wm. Lundberg, Kenneth Harvey, Chas. Caskey, Bernard Markus and Ed. Hartmann. Military burial rites were exemplified by members of Albert E. Hoschler Post, American Legion, at Riverside cemetery.

Coming to attend the funeral besides Mrs. Olive Burrill, were her son Claude, from Iowa City; Mr. Burrill's brother, Stanley, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Burrill's brother Claude Sheckel, and wife, of Washington, D. C.