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- HARRIET MARIE BURR DIES IN LOWVILLE AT 93
Watertown Daily Times (NY) - July 20, 1989Browse Issues
Harriet Marie Burr, 93, a native of Orwell, died Wednesday at the Lewis County Extended Care Facility, where she had been a patient four years.
The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Virkler Percoski-Miller Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bradford Hunt, pastor of the Lowville United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Lyons Falls.
Calling hours will be 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Friday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Surviving are three sons, Alfred, Cato, Robert, Mexico, N.Y., and Albert Jr., Canandaigua; three daughters, Mrs. Eugene (Violet) Monks, Lyons Falls, Mrs. James (Betty) Stott, Albany, and Mrs. Rex (Phyllis) McNitt, Lacona; 35 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren, and 27 great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Harold Wyman, Bradenton, Fla.; several nieces and nephews.
A daughter, Ella A. Tuttle, Lowville, died June 15. Three sons, Franklin, George and James, also died previously.
Born in Orwell on April 16, 1896, a daughter of Morris and Lula Wyman, she married Earl F.Larkin June 18, 1913, in Adams Center. The marriage ended in divorce. She later married Albert W. Burr Aug. 14, 1926, at Lyons Falls, with the Rev. William Eaton officiating.
The couple moved to Pulaski in 1943 where they operated a farm until their retirement. Mrs. Burr was employed as a cook several years ago and was also a well-known wallpaper hanger in the Pulaski area.
Mr. and Mrs. Burr returned to Lyons Falls to live in June 1984. Mr. Burr, a native of Port Leyden, died July 8, 1985. He was 87.
Mrs. Burr had been an avid bowler. She was also a former member of the Fernwood Methodist Church, Fernwood, where she was active in the women's society group.
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