Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

 

William Joseph Burns

Aug. 30, 1902 - Aug. 16, 1995

 

South Bend Tribune 8/17/1995

SOUTH BEND - William Joseph Burns, 92, formerly of Marian Hill, died at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Healthwin Hospital and Nursing Home. Mr. Burns retired as a food broker in Cincinnati.

 

He was born Aug. 30, 1902, in Cincinnati and had lived in South Bend since 1978. On June 22, 1924, in Cincinnati, he married Alice G. Miller. She died in 1979. He is survived by a daughter, Patricia Crosson of South Bend; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was an active member of the Democratic Central Committee.

 

Services will be Monday in St. William's Catholic Church, Cincinnati. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. today in Welsheimer Funeral Home, 17033 Cleveland Road.