Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Frank E. Burnett

April 22, 1920 - Sept. 5, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 9/8/2008
NEW CARLISLE - Frank E. Burnett, 88, of New Carlisle, Indiana, passed away Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at 4:03 P.M. in Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, in the Cutler Funeral Home, with Rev. Kevin Galloway. There will be a time of visitation with the family on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, from 3 to 8 P.M. and on Wednesday from 9 to 10 A.M. in the funeral home. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Michigan City. There will be a full military service at the cemetery.

 

Frank was born April 22, 1920, in Michigan City, to the late Corby and Florence (Teets) Burnett. He was married on June 23, 1943, in Port Allen, LA, to Lillian A. Picard, who preceded him in death on Nov. 9, 2002 Survivors include a daughter, Roberta (Charles) Baxley of LaPorte; three sons, Owen (Lynn) Freeman of Marlow, OK, Frank (Osa) Burnett Jr. of Michigan City and Lonnie (Gail) Burnett of New Carlisle, IN; 18 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Lois of Mishawaka; and a brother, Robert (Beverly) of Michigan City. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and two sisters, Kenneth, Maxine and Tressie. He was a retired truck driver, a technical sergeant Army Air Force veteran of WW II, American Legion Post #297 of New Carlisle, loved fishing and gardening, NASCAR, the Chicago Bears and the Cubs. Memorial donations may be made to American Legion Post #297, PO Box, New Carlisle, IN 46552.