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James Otto Burgess

Posted 2009-04-10 by Maurine
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
November 20, 1996

Otto Burgess of Congress died Nov. 17 in Wickenburg. He was 84. Mr. Burgess was born Oct. 16, 1909 in Standish, Calif.

He had lived In Arizona for the past 21 years. Mr. Burgess had moved to Congress from Oregon. He was a member and past deacon of the Seventh Day Adventist church in Wickenburg.

Mr. Burgess was a rock hound and loved to refinish furniture. He and his wife Leota were married Sept. 20, 1930 and enjoyed more than 66 years of marriage.

Survivors include his Leota Burgess of Congress; son Ernest Eugene Burgess of Canyonville. Ore.; and daughters Janice Carolee Hawkins of Days Creek, Ore., and Muriel Smith of Congress. He was preceded in death by a son, James Robert Burgess.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Nov. 20) at Brown's Wickenburg Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Larry Dittberner will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Wickenburg Cemetery.

Brown's Wickenburg Funeral Home handled all the arrangements.
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Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
November 20, 1996

Otto Burgess of Congress; died Nov. 17 in Wickenburg. He was 84. Mr. Burgess was born Oct.16, 1909 in Standish, Calif. He had lived in Arizona for the past 21 years.

Survivors include his wife, Leota Burgess of Congress; son Ernest Eugene Burgess of Cayonville, Ore.; and daughters Janice Carolee Hawkins of Days Creek, Ore, and Muriel Smith of Congress.
He was preceded in death by a son, James Robert Burgess. Services will be at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Nov. 20) at Brown’s Wickenburg Funeral Home Chapel.

Pastor Larry Dittberner will officiate. Burial will follow in the Wickenburg Cemetery.


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