Harry Elvis BurnsAge: 84 years1901–1986
- Name
- Harry Elvis Burns
- Given names
- Harry Elvis
- Surname
- Burns
Shared note: Samuel E Wilson Obituary and Family Listing
Shared note: Fern Burns (nee Wilson) Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | October 28, 1901 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 16 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Marriage | Fern Wilson — View this family June 4, 1923 (Age 21 years) Note: See Obituary for date/place of marriage |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 27 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 10, 1950 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death of a wife | Fern Wilson July 10, 1979 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | July 26, 1986 (Age 84 years) |
| Obituary | Harry E Burns Obituary and Family Listing July 27, 1986 (1 day after death) Shared note: Harry E Burns Obituary and Family Listing |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Iola Cemetery |
| Family with Fern Wilson |
| himself |
Harry Elvis Burns Birth: October 28, 1901 — Kansas, United States Death: July 26, 1986 — Toronto, Woodson, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Fern Wilson Birth: October 20, 1901 32 25 — Kansas, United States Death: July 10, 1979 — Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: June 4, 1923 — Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States |
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Harry Elvis Burns - Household
Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Harry Elvis Burns - Household
Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Harry Elvis Burns - Household
Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States
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| Obituary | Harry E Burns Obituary and Family Listing
Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - Sunday, July 27, 1986
Deceased Name: Harry E. Burns
Harry E. Burns, 84, retired garment factory mechanic, died Saturday, July 26, 1986. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Iola Cemetery.
Survivor: wife, Audra. Waugh Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola.
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| Name | Samuel E Wilson Obituary and Family Listing
Hold Samuel E. Wilson
Funeral on Tuesday
Samuel E. Wilson, age 74, died at Chanute hospital last Saturday
night.
Mr. Wilson was born in Alien county and has lived practically all of his life in this vicinity. For the past twenty-five years he has farmed about four miles south of Iola. He was primarily a stockman and was a well known breeder of draft horses. His horses were exhibited at a number of fairs. Mr. Wilson was a member of the First Methodist church, Iola.
He leaves three daughters, Mrs. Harry Burns, Iola, Mrs. Carl Burgess, Parsons, and Mrs. Marvin Hodges, Pasadena, Calif., two grand children and his sister, Miss Frances A. Wilson, former Allen county treasurer, with whom he has made his home since his wife died some years ago.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p. m., Tuesday, at the Waugh
Funeral Home by the Rev. C. E. Sisney. Burial will be at the Iola cemetery.
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| Name | Fern Burns (nee Wilson) Obituary and Family Listing
The lola Register
Wed. Jul 11. 1979 -Page 2
Mrs. Harry E. Burns
Fern W. Burns, 77, of 208 South
State Street, died Tuesday evening,
July 10, at Sterling Heights Manor.
She had been in failing health for two
years and seriously ill the past five
months.
Mrs. Burns was born Oct. 20, 1901,
the daughter of Samuel E. and
Centennial Rose Wilson. On June 4,
1923, she was united in marriage to
Harry E. Burns in Yates Center.
Except for four years when she and
Mr. Burns lived in Carthage, Mo.,
Mrs. Burns had lived her entire life in
Allen County. She attended Calvary
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband of
the home; two sisters, Mrs. E. C.
(Clara) Burgess of Iola and Mrs. H.
A. (Cecyl) Hudman, Pasadena, Calif.,
and nieces and nephews.
The Rev. Arthur B. Mix will officiate at a graveside service in lola Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Friday.
Friends may call at the Friskel Memorial Chapel which is in charge of arrangements, until 10:15 am.
Friday.
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