Franklin Homer Burcham was born May 4, 1906 to F. H. (Sr.) and Elizabeth May McNee Burcham. He died Oct. 17, 1997 and is buried in the Rudd Evergreen Cemetery, Rudd, IA.
Franklin served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
His Obituary: Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, IA - Oct. 28, 1997
Homer Burcham, 91, Rudd, died Friday Oct. 17, 1997 at the Nora Springs Care Center. Funeral services were held on Oct. 22 at the United Methodist Church in Rudd, with Pastor Deborah J. Stowers and Pastor Richard C. Pippert officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery, Rudd.
Franklin Homer Burcham, son of Frank and Elizabeth (McNee) Burcham, was born May 4, 1906 in Blairsburg. He graduated from Blairsburg High School and Fort Dodge Business College. As a young man he farmed and worked at the Blairsburg elevator. On Aug. 28, 1928, he married Mamie VanEton at the Little Brown Church at Nashua. In 1935 the family moved to Rudd where Mr. Burcham accepted a position as bookkeeper at the Rudd Farmers Co-op. From then until his retirement in 1969, he served as manager. After retiring he returned to serve as interim manager of the co-op for a short time. Later he served a number of other co-ops as interim manager.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Robert, Mesa, Ariz., and William, Seattle, Wash.; one brother, Burdette, Alameda, Calif.; one sister, Kathryn Bottorff, Jewell; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Kenneth; one daughter-in-law, Lynne; and one great-grandson, Steven.
Source: ancestry.com
