Harold Owen Burger

DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: NEWCOMER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
TOPEKA, KANSAS

Family contact name and telephone number: Helen Burger 785-256-2593 (Wife)

1. Full Name: Harold Owen Burger Age: 85 Years Sex: M

2. Current address: Auburn (formerly of Topeka)

3. Date of death: , March 30, 2003

4 Place of death: VA Hospital

5. Cause of death:

6. Date of birth: November 3, 1917 Place of birth: Osborne Co., KS

6.b. Parents: Walter Franklin Burger Mattie Mae Henry Burger

6.c. Years in current city/town: 15 years in Topeka; 3 years in Auburn

7. Background:He attended schools in Osborne and Russell Counties, and graduated from Paradise High
School in 1936. He was inducted into the US Army on March 24, 1941. He served in the 394th Infantry and
achieved the rank of Master Sgt. He was awarded the bronze star, the good conduct medal and the American
Defense Ribbon. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, and saw action in Normandy, Northern France,
Rhineland and Central Europe. He was discharged October 8, 1945. After he was discharged, he worked as a
plumber in Natoma and Russell. He owned and operated Peake Plumbling in Russell from 1969 to 1973. He
married Helen Dodson Pfortmiller on February 11, 1949 , in Russell, she survives. He was a lifetime member of
the Russell VFW, and a member of the First Nazarene Church.




8. Relatives:

8.b. preceded in death by: 2 brothers and 6 sisters
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Wife: Helen Burger, Auburn, KS; 4 Daughters: Thelma Hutchinson of Russell, KS, Alice Wiggs
of Jonesboro, ILL, Ellen Sue Koehler of Lawrence, KS, and Loa Copp of Auburn, KS; 7 Grandchildren; 12
Great-grandchildren; 2 Great-great grandchildren.





9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 1:00pm, Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at Newcomer
Family Funeral Home.

10. Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery

11. Visitation times, place: The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 1:00, time of service .


12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None

13. Memorial contributions, if any: None

14. Funeral home in charge: Newcomer Family Funeral Home, 4020 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66606
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