BURTON, Thelma B. (Clark)

Date of birth:  4 Feb 1910 – Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 2 Jun 1982 – Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana

Columbus Republic, June 3, 1982

Archie Burton’s Wife

Thelma Burton
Rites Saturday

Funeral service for Thelma Burton, 72, of 334 Elm at Hope, will be conducted by the Rev. Ralph Turney at 10 a.m. Saturday at Norman Funeral Home at Hope, where persons may call from 4 until 9 p.m. Friday. Burial will be at Rest Haven Cemetery at Edinburgh.

Mrs. Burton died at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Bartholomew County Hospital after being in failing health several years. She was the wife of Archie Burton.

Mrs. Burton was born at Edinburgh Feb. 14, 1910, the daughter of William and Mary Dyke Clark. She was married to Burton June 8, 1929.

She was a member of St. Louis Crossing Independent Methodist Church, Friendly Neighbors Extension Homemakers Club and Women’s Christ­ian Temperance Union.

Surviving with her husband are five children, James and Donald Burton of Hope, Kenneth Burton of Greensburg, Diana Bennett of San Diego, Calif., and Patsy Barker of La Mesa, Calif.; three sisters, Lucille Gilbert and Mar­tha Davis of Edinburgh, and Daisy Odem of Arizona; four brothers, Kenneth Clark of Columbus, Maurice and Donald Clark of Edinburgh and Walter Clark of Hope, nine grand-children and five great-grandchildren.

Columbus Republic, June 7, 1982

Services

Thelma Burton

Funeral service for Thelma Burton, 72, of 334 Elm at Hope, was conducted Saturday at Norman Funeral Home at Hope by the Rev. Ralph Turney. Burial was at Rest Haven Cemetery at Edinburgh.

Pallbearers included George Glick, Gary Christy, Tom Beeker and David, Richard and Tom Thayer.

Mrs. Burton died Wednesday at Bartholomew County Hospital.

Submitted by Mark Wirey