Melissa A. (Elliott) Sheridan Burns (1851-1918)

ELLIOTT, SHERIDAN, BURNS, KOINE, COYNE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:11

From Nevada Representative March 25, 1918 (page 5)

OBITUARY

MRS. LIZZIE BURNS

Mrs. Lizzie Burns passed away at her home in Des Moines Friday evening after a short illness, pneumonia being the cause of her death. The funeral was held in Des Moines and the body was brought back to this city this noon for interment. Mrs. Burns was sixty years of age at the time of her death and leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, two sons and two daughters one of whom is Mrs. W. R. Coyne of this city. Mrs. Coyne was with her mother at the time of her death and Mr. Coyne went down yesterday to be present at the funeral.

SUBMITTER'S NOTE: "Mrs. W. R. Coyne" was Anna (Sheridan) Koine, wife of William Koine.

Melissa (Elliott) Burns was first married to Thomas Sheridan and had four known children with him. She had two known children with her second husband, Patrick Burns.