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Ralph
E. Burton Sr.
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[April 26, 2018]
LINCOLN - Ralph E.
Burton Sr.,76, of Lincoln, passed away at 5:42 a.m. on Saturday,
April 21, 2018, in his home with his loving family by his side. |
Visitation:
Pending
Military Graveside Services:
9:00 a.m. on Friday, May 11, 2018, at Mt. Olive
Cemetery in Chicago.
Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
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Ralph E. Burton Sr.,76, of Lincoln,
passed away at 5:42 a.m. on Saturday, April 21,
2018, in his home with his loving family by his
side.
Cremation Rites have been accorded.
Military Graveside Services will be held at 9:00
a.m. on Friday, May 11, 2018, at Mt. Olive Cemetery
in Chicago.
A Celebration of Life will immediately follow at A's
Restaurant & Pancake House, 6358 W. Irving Park
Road, Chicago.
Ralph E. Burton Sr., was born August 22, 1941, in
Ethel, West Virginia, Logan County, one of 12
children born to David J. Burton and Hazel W.
Gee-Burton. He married Rose Mary Randazzo in Chicago
on March 13, 1965. She preceded him in death.
Ralph is survived by their children: Flora (Shawn)
Coleman, Sandra Preker, Rose Burton, Ignazio Burton,
John (Missy) Burton, and Christina (Robert)
Beltezore; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren;
and one sister: Martha Burton. |
He was preceded in death by two
children: Anthony Burton and Ralph Burton Jr.
Ralph served in the U.S. Army as a Heavy Truck
Driver. Later, he worked as a local truck driver and manager for
Corporate Express. He was a big jokester and had a great sense of
humor. He enjoyed playing gin rummy and board games, watching
westerns and wrestling on TV, and listening to the music of Johnny
Cash.
Memorials may be made to the Parkinson's Foundation or the
Alzheimer's Association.
Peasley Funeral Home of Lincoln is assisting the family with
arrangements.
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