Obit of Burns, Gordon Weber (b652) - Blaine County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Howard Grisso   August 2002
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From the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 16 Dec 2001 at
www.mailtribune.com

Gordon Weber Burns

Funeral service for Gordon Weber Burns will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Newman 
United Methodist Church in Grants Pass. Pastor Brett Strobel and Grants 
Pass Masonic Lodge No. 84 AF & AM will officiate. Interment will be at 
2:30 p.m. Monday at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Burns, 73, of Grants Pass, died Thursday (Dec. 13, 2001) at Three 
Rivers Community Hospital.

Memorial contributions may be made to Newman United Methodist Church, 
Sixth and B streets, Grants Pass, OR 97526.

He was born Feb. 4, 1928, in Geary, Okla. On Feb. 10, 1952, in Portland, 
he married Marian Doehring, who survives. In 1953, they moved Grants Pass 
from Portland.  Mr. Burns owned and operated the OK Barber Shop from 1957 
to 1992.

He served on the school board for Grants Pass High School from 1968 to 
1976.

Mr. Burns had attended Newman United Methodist Church since 1953. He was a 
member of Grants Pass Masonic Lodge No. 84 AF & AM, Jaycees (lifetime 
member), Grants Pass Lions Club, Southern Oregon Racing Association and 
the Josephine County Planning Committee. He was also a member of the 
Oregon State Barber Board and the Josephine County Chamber of Commerce.

He enjoyed showing chickens, horse racing, fishing and hunting.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a daughter, Barbara Forth, 
Gresham; two sons, Steven, San Lorenzo, Calif., and Jim, Livermore, 
Calif.; a brother, Earl, Central Point; a sister, Helen Barnes, Mustang, 
Okla.; and four grandchildren.

Friends may pay their respects from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at Hull & Hull 
Funeral Directors, Grants Pass.
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