Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Burns, Eva 2000
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Ionia Sentinel Standard
BURNS, EVA (WELCH) (MRS. JOSEPH):
   SENTINEL-STANDARD, Ionia, MI, Wednesday, February 9, 2000:  "Obituaries - Eva
Burns, 98, of Hubbardston, died peacefully at home Monday, Feb. 7, 2000.  She
was born Nov. 28, 1901, the ninth child of John and Maria (Rooney) Welch.  Due
to frail health, Eva was home-schooled until age 9, when she was enrolled in
fourth grade at St. John the Baptist Catholic School.  She graduated in 1920,
enrolled in Ionia County Normal Training School and graduated with her teaching
certificate in 1922.  For two years she taught all eight grades at Schafer
School in rural Muir.
   She married Joseph Burns on Aug. 5, 1924, and they had seven children: 
Raymond (Betty) Burns of Gladstone, Ore., Patrick (Florence) Burns of
Hubbardston, Joanne (Bud) Howard of Sheridan, John (Shirley) Burns of Dimondale,
Terry (Mary Ellen) Burns of Lansing, Charlene  (Bernard) Ward of Hubbardston and
Katie (Bob) Cashen of Hubbardston.  She also has 27 grandchildren and 45
great-grandchildren.
   Eva was active in all parish activities at St. John the Baptist Church.  She
was also a long-time member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 182 in
Hubbardston.  We remember her as an avid sports fan and a euchre player, right
up to her last weeks.  She was a friend to everyone, especially young people. 
She never had a bad thing to say about anyone.  If someone stepped out of line
and she was told about it, she would say, "The Great God save us!"
   For the better part of 20 years, she and her brother George, a nurse, cared
for terminally ill family members without compensation.
   Eva was married to Joe for 72 years when he died in 1996 at the age of 96. 
She was also preceded in death by two grandchildren, Charles and Linda Burns;
five brothers, Patrick, Matt, William, George, and Jack Welch; three sisters,
Loretta Welch, Maggie Dailey and Marie McCrackin.
   We owe special thanks to our "earth angels", Charlene Ward, Kitty Burns and
Russ Howard, for their comforting and compassionate care.
   Funeral mass will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church, Hubbardston, with Fr. William Reitz officiating.  Interment will be in
St. John the Baptist Cemetery.  Visitation is today from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lux and Schnepp Funeral Home, Carson City, and from 9 a.m.
until the time of service Thursday at the church.  A rosary service will be held
tonight at 8 p.m. at the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be made to
St. John the Baptist Church."


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