Died 13 April 2004

Burial in Fort Calhoun Cemetery

Published in Enterprise on 16 April 2004

Veteran-World War II

Robert L. Burns, 83, of Fort Calhoun, died Tuesday, April 13, 2004, in Omaha.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 17, at Sievers-Sprick Funeral Home in Fort Calhoun. There is no visitation. Interment will be in the Fort Calhoun Cemetery with military honors provided by Fort Calhoun American Legion Post No. 348.

Robert Leo Burns was born June 21, 1920 in Omaha to Benjamin and Mary (Brown) Burns.

On Nov. 16, 1940, he married Muriel Grace Hobday in Omaha.

Mr. Burns was a World War II veteran, serving with Company B, 776th Railway Shop Battalion.

In 1960, the family moved to Fort Calhoun. Mr. Burns was a welder with Eaton Metal before he started a 45-year career in the bricklaying trade. He worked in Omaha and in the surrounding areas in Nebraska and Iowa. During the winter, he traveled to warmer southern states to work.

He is remembered as being a "whiz" at crossword puzzles, and every night, for several years, he quickly solved the puzzles in the Omaha World-Herald.

Mr. Burns was a 44-year member of the American Legion Post No. 348 in Fort Calhoun.

He is survived by his daughter, Dixie Humphrey of Fort Calhoun; three sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Jean Burns of Omaha, Tim and Annett Burns of Lincoln and Kevin Burns of Fort Calhoun; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Muriel; sons, Robert and Paddy Burns; grandson, Todd Humphrey; brother, John; sisters, Mickey, Peggy, Pat and Dorothy.

#2-published in Omaha World Herald on 15 April 2004

BURNS-Robert Leo, 83 yrs., Fort Calhoun, April 13 2004. Bob was born in Omaha, NE June 21, 1920 to Benjamin and Mary (Brown) Burns. On Nov. 16, 1949 he married Muriel Grace Hobday in Omaha, NE. He was a WWII veteran, serving with Company B, 776th Railway Shop Battalion. In 1960 the family moved to Ft. Calhoun. He was a welder for Eaton Metal before he started a 45 year career in the bricklaying trade. He worked in Omaha and the surrounding areas all over Nebraska and Iowa. In winter months he would go to warmer southern states to work. He was a whiz at crossword puzzles. Every night, for many years, he quickly solved the puzzles in the World-Herald. He was a 44 year member of the American Legion Post 348 in Fort Calhoun.

Preceded in death by wife, Muriel; sons, Robert and Paddy Burns; grandson, Todd Humphrey; brother, John; sisters, Mickey, Peggy, Pat and Dorothy. Survived by daughter, Dixie Humphrey, Fort Calhoun; son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Jean Burns, Omaha, NE; son and daughters-in-law, Tim and Annett Burns, Lincoln, NE; son, Kevin Burns, Fort Calhoun; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.

MEMORIAL SERVICE- Sat. April 17th, 11 am, Sievers-Sprick Funeral Home. NO VISITATION. Interment Fort Calhoun Cemetery. Military Honors conducted by Fort Calhoun American Legion Post #348.

SIEVERS-SPRICK Fort Calhoun, NE 402-468-5678

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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