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Nellie May Burnham
Apr 4, 1926 - Jun 14, 2009
Nellie M. and W. Keith BURNHAM
Freedom Cemetery
Submitted by Jo Aguirre
Paper: Enid News and Eagle (OK)
Deceased: Nellie May Burnham
Date: June 16, 2009
The funeral for Nellie May Burnham, 83, of Freedom, will be 10
a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Freedom Christian Church. The
Rev. Mark Kinkle will officiate. Burial will be in Freedom
Cemetery. Arrangements are by Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva.
She was born April 4, 1926, north of Ringwood to Earnest Gerald
and Clara Amy Woodard Smith and died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at
Share Convalescent Center, Alva.
She moved with her family to the Lookout community, northwest of
Freedom, in the 1930s.
She married Warren Keith Burnham Dec. 3, 1941, in Cherokee. They
made their home on a farm near Freedom. They moved to Wichita,
Kan., in 1955, returning to the family farm in 1961. She was a
homemaker and an active partner in the farming and ranching
operation. She was a member of Freedom Baptist Church, active in
church and community affairs.
Surviving are her children, Victor, Gene and Rose Ann; one
sister, Wanda Helton; 10 grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Keith, one sister and
three brothers.
Memorials may be made to Freedom Ambulance Service.
Condolences may be made online at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Section: Death Notices
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