Cherokee County KS Archives Obituaries.....SANFORD, Burl K. April 25, 1991
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Columbus Daily Advocate, April 26, 1991


Columbus Daily Advocate, Columbus, Kansas  66725, Friday, April 26, 1991, Page 2

Burl K. Sanford . . .

Burl K. SANFORD, age 98, long-time educator, died at 7:40 p.m. Thursday, April 
25, 1991, in Maude Norton Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient three 
weeks, following a lengthy illness.  He resided at 531 W. Central, Columbus. 

Born July 28, 1892, in Herrick, Ill., he lived there until moving to Baxter 
Springs in 1903.  He grew to manhood in Baxter Springs graduating from the high 
school there.  He attended Kansas Wesleyan Business College in 1912-1914 and 
received BS and MS degrees from Kansas State College of Pittsburg.  He worked 
in banking in Oklahoma and Kansas several years. 

Mr. SANFORD married Mae RUMERY Aug. 27, 192, at Columbus.  They moved to 
Columbus in 1941 and were teachers here.  Mr. SANFORD served as high school 
business teacher for 30 years before retiring.  Mrs. SANFORD preceded her 
husband in death March 5, 1986.  

Mr. SANFORD was a veteran of World War Two. (sic)  He was a member of the 
United Methodist Church, Keith Reeves Post, No. 3, American Legion, Masonic 
Lodge and Lions Club, serving as treasurer of the latter from 1957-1971. 

Surviving are two sons, Robert K. SANFORD, St. Louis and Jack G. SANFORD, 
Saratoga, Calif.; one daughter, Beverly L. WHITE, St. Louis; one niece, Arlene 
WEISS, Miami and nine grandchildren. 

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Murdock Funeral Home.  The Rev. 
David MILLER will officiate.  Burial will be in Park Cemetery. 

A visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. 

A memorial has been established in memory of Mr. SANFORD with the Columbus 
Public Library. 
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Baxter Springs Citizen, Baxter Springs, KS  66713, Tuesday, April 30, 1991, 
page 6

Burl Sanford
July 28, 1892—April 25, 1991

COLUMBUS—Burl K. SANFORD, 98, 531 W. Central Ave., died at 7:40 p.m. Thursday 
at Maude Norton Memorial Hospital, where he was admitted three weeks ago, after 
a long illness. 

Mr. SANFORD was born July 28, 1892, at Herrick, Ill.  He moved to Baxter 
Springs in 1903.  He was a 1913 graduate of Baxter Springs High School.  He 
attended Kansas Wesleyan Business College from 1913 to 1914.  He graduated from 
Kansas Sate Teachers College, Pittsburg.  He moved to Columbus in 1941. 

He worked in banking for a number of years in Oklahoma and Kansas, later 
teaching business at Columbus High School for 30 years.  He was a member of the 
First United Methodist Church, American Legion Post No. 3 and the Masonic 
Lodge, all of Columbus.  He was Lions Club treasurer from 1957 to 1971.  He was 
a World War I veteran. 

He married Mae RUMERY on Aug. 27, 1922, in Columbus.  She died March 6, 1985.  
Survivors include two sons, Robert SANFORD, St. Louis, Mo., and Jack SANFORD, 
Saratoga, Calif.; a daughter, Beverly WHITE, St. Louis; and nine grandchildren. 

Services were at 2 p.m. today at Murdock Funeral Home, Columbus.  The Rev. 
David MILLER officiated.  Burial was in Park Cemetery, Columbus. 

Contributions may be made to the Columbus Library. 
____________________

Columbus Daily Advocate, Columbus, Kansas 66725, Tuesday, April 30, 1991

HOLD FUNERAL OF BURL K. SANFORD

Final rites for Burl K. SANFORD, who died April 25, were held at 2 p.m. today 
in the Murdock Funeral Home.  The Rev. David MILLER officiated.  Music was 
provided by Dorothy NESTOR.  

Casket bearers were Ronald BOULWARE, Buddy BARKER, Dick COOPER, Dee HOLMES, 
Brad GLEASON, Don SCHOECH and Ted SIMKIN. 

Honorary casket bearers were Delbert STOVER, Dr. Stanley DAVIS and Harold 
BRANDENBURG. 

Burial was in Park Cemetery. 

Mr. SANFORD was a veteran of World War I, not World War II as was mistakenly 
reported in his obituary. 




Additional Comments:

Refer also to The Modern Light, Columbus, Kansas 66725, Tuesday, April 30, 
1991, page 2, and Tuesday May 7, 1991, page 4.



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