Howard James Burch (1929 - 2009)

Born 30 Apr 1929 in Butler, Custer Co., Oklahoma

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jo (Walker) Burch — married 29 May 1948 in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States

Died 13 Nov 2009 at age 80 in Sutherlin, Douglas Co., Oregon

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Biography

Burial: valley View Cemetery, Sutherlin, Douglas Co., Oregon

obituary

The News-Review, Roseburg, Oregon, November 2009

Howard James Burch Age 80, of Sutherlin, Oregon, passed away at his home on Friday, November 13, 2009. He was one of seven siblings, and born in Butler, Oklahoma, on April 30, 1929, to Herbert and Bessie (Meler) Burch. Howard married Mary Jo Walker on May 29, 1948 in Bakersfield, California, after serving his country in the United States Navy. They moved to the Douglas County area in 1965. Howard loved to play the guitar and play with computers.

He was preceded in death his wife, Mary Jo in March of 2005, and three son's, Hershel, John and Robert Burch.

Howard is survived by his son, Paul H. Burch and his wife, Linda of Emmitt, Idaho; daughter, Mary L. Hanson and her husband, Chester of Roseburg, Oregon; 14 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

A visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, and the Sutherlin Chapel of the Roses. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at Chapel of the Roses in Sutherlin, Oregon. Howard will be laid to rest at Valley View Cemetery following services. Pastor, Billy Sanders will by officiating.

Family links: Spouse: Mary Jo Walker Burch (1933 - 2005)*

Children: Hershel James Burch (1952 - 1997)* John Allan Burch (1954 - 1999)*

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #44481617

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHS-Z3R : accessed 16 September 2021), Howard J Buse in household of Harbert W Buse, Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 6B, line 57, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1938; FHL microfilm 2,341,672.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K96V-1F3 : 6 January 2021), Howard J Burch in household of Herbert W. Burch, Tulare Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-70, sheet 17B, line 66, family 315, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 360.