Merril Bourne 1899-1962

Submitted by: Shirley Harlan

Merril Bourne Rites Pending at Wellington

Services are pending at a Wellington funeral home for Merril Bourne of Fairfield, Calif. who died Thursday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bourne.

Other survivors include three brothers, Ed, Wiley and Earl and two sisters, Mrs. Jerman Kosarski of Tucson, Ariz. and Mrs. Otas Milford of Deer Creek.

Burial will be at Braman.

Blackwell Journal Tribune
Sun. Mar. 11, 1962

Bourne Rites at Wellington Tuesday at 2:30

Rites for Merril Bourne, 63, former resident of the Hunnewell and South Haven area who died in California Thursday, will be held at Holder funeral home in Wellington Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Wayne Bookout of the Freewill Baptist church, officiating.

Burial will be in Braman Cemetery.

Bourne was born Aug. 3, 1899 at Arorsal, Mo. and grew up on a farm near South Haven. He moved to Fairfield, Calif. about 15 years ago.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Opal Hastings, Wellington, and Mrs. Dorothy Schaefer, Napa, Calif., three brothers, Wiley of Burden, Kans., Earl, Haysville, Kans., and Eddie of Fairfield; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Milford, Deer Creek, and Mrs. Stella Kosarki of Tuscon, Ariz., 5 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.