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Author: ELLinSpain
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Published: September 06, 2009 09:27 pm print this story
Richard 'Dick' Oliver Burns
Services for Richard "Dick" Oliver Burns, 71, Kokomo, will be at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday at Gundrum Funeral Home.
He passed away at 5:08 a.m. Sunday, September 6, 2009, in Windsor Estate in Kokomo.
Born Feb. 2, 1938, in Cass County, he was the son of Arthur Frank Burns and Rosa Whiteman.
He was married July 17, 1959, in Logansport, to Sharon Kay Dunn, who survives.
Mr. Burns was a warehouse supervisor for International Newspaper Title: Pharos-Tribune
Paper Company in Marion since 1987.
Mr. Burns was an Army veteran and a member of the Indiana Square Dance Callers
Association, where he had been an active caller and teacher since 1982. He was also a
member of the Rhinestone Rustlers, Rochester Swinging Dudes, Lafayette Fun Squares and
Bridge City Squares.
Dick was a good husband, wonderful father and an awesome grandfather who took great pride
in and enjoyed watching his grandchildren show animals and participate in 4-H, school and
community activities.
Also surviving is his daughter, Patty Bohannon and husband Mark, Lebanon; two sons,
Richard A. "Rick" Burns and wife Beth, Flora, and Gary Burns and wife Michele,
Jamestown; sister, Jean Schoenke, Winchester; grandchildren, Ricky, Abbie, Ashley, Briley
and McKayley Burns and Chris, Katie and Cody Bohannon; and several nieces and nephews.
One son, Michael Burns, three brothers, Frank, Billy and Clarence Burns, two sisters,
Delores Asher and Grace Martin, preceded in death.
Burial, with full military rites, will be at Davis Cemetery in Burnettsville.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Boone or Carroll County 4-H or the American
Cancer Society.
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