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            [July 
			24, 2008]  
            		
            		
            		ELKHART -- Jessie E. Burge, 101, of 
			Elkhart died Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. at her home. 
					
			Her funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Elkhart Christian Church with 
			Robert Twist officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the 
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							Burial will be in Elkhart Cemetery. 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home is handling 
							arrangements. 
							Mrs. Burge was a homemaker. 
							She was born June 16, 1907, at El Paso to William 
							and Louetta Cox Davis. She married Henry Ball in 
							Chicago in 1927, and he preceded her in death. She 
							later married Simon Burge in Lincoln in 1938, and he 
							also preceded her in death. 
							She is survived by one daughter, Julia Delaney of 
							Elkhart; two sisters, Wilma Miller and Donna Ott; 
							seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and 
							four great-great-grandchildren. 
							She was also preceded in death by two daughters, 
							Louetta Ball and Joyce Buss; one son, Donald Ball; 
							and three grandsons, Ronald Dalbey, Louis Ruggles 
							and Jeff Ehrich; and one great-grandson, Tyler 
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							Mrs. Burge was a member of Elkhart Christian Church. 
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