Burmeister, Philip Alvin (1943 – 2022)

BURMEISTER, THOGERSEN, EURITT, ROE, GOSE

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 11/22/2022 at 18:48:59

Name of deceased: Philip Alvin Burmeister

Aged: 78 yrs, 10 mo, 12 days

Residence: Mount Ayr, IA

Born: Nov. 14, 1943; Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Died: Sep. 26, 2022; Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, IA

Funeral services: Friday, Sep. 30, 2022; Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mount Ayr, IA; burial, with military honors, was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, IA.

Survived by: Sons, Jeffrey (spouse, Sonya) and Jeremy (spouse, Lyndsey); granddaughter, Dylan; grandson, Owen; brothers, James and Jerome (spouse, Rose); sister-in-law, Marla Kay; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Harry and Mena (nee Thogersen) Burmeister; wife, Marie Burmeister; brother-in-law, Dan Roe, sister-in-law, Sally Burmeister (and spouse, James); siblings, Janet Gose, Jon, Richard, and Robert Burmeister

Education: Graduated from Harlan (IA) High School with the Class of 1962; earned a degree in Political Science and Sociology from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO, and eventually earned his Master’s in Education from Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: U. S. Army, 1968-1970, serving with the 101st Airborne as a Chaplain’s Assistant while stationed in Viet Nam.

Marriage: Marie Jean Euritt; 1970; location not provided

Employment: After his military service and marriage, he taught in Ridgeway, MO; he returned to Mt. Ayr, IA in 1976 when he earned the position of superintendent of schools. Phil would spend the rest of his career with Mt. Ayr Community Schools, being recognized as a leader throughout the state amongst his colleagues.

Hobbies/Interests: Involved in numerous community events associated with the Mt. Ayr Community Schools, the Lions Club, and helped establish the Ramsey Farm at Lesanville, IA; enjoyed playing card games with his wife Marie, friends, and brothers in Harlan. In Phil’s later years he enjoyed visiting his sons in Maine and Colorado to see his grandchildren, Dylan and Owen

Sources: harlanonline.com; findagrave.com