Mrs. May R. Burnham (1868-1943)

BURNHAM, BALLARD, TRATSCH, BOULTON, HOGUE, MERRILL

Posted By: John Davis (email)
Date: 12/6/2019 at 12:10:24

Obit posted in Ottumwa Courier January 5, 1943
Mrs. May Boulton Burnham, 75, died Tuesday morning at her home in Aurora, Illinois, she was born in Ottumwa, the daughter of G.W. and Eliza Boulton, but had lived in Aurora for many years. Her husband and one son preceded her in death and she is survived by two daughters; Mrs. Isabel Ballard of Nashville and Mrs. Josephine Tratsch of Chicago. The body will arrive in Ottumwa Thursday morning and be taken to the Lester Jay funeral home. At 2 p.m. it will taken to the Ottumwa cemetery for services at the grave in charge of the Rev. L. H. Matheus. Mrs. Burnham was related to Miss Lela Boulton, Mrs. W.S. Hogue and C.G. Merrill all of Ottumwa.