Owned and Operated H Street Grocery Store

Sophrona "Ann" Burns, 77, of Fremont, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at Moser Memorial Chapel in Fremont. Interment will be at Fremont's Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

Sophrona "Ann" Davis was born Oct. 16, 1933, to Clark and Hazel (Morrison) Davis at their home in rural Herman.

She graduated from Fremont High School in 1950 and attended Omaha Normal College.

She married Virgil A. Burns March 20, 1953, at the Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Mrs. Burns worked at Mutual of Omaha from 1950 to 1954, U.S. Fidelity Guarantee Co. 1955-1956 and Mr. and Mrs. Burns owned and operated H Street Grocery Store for 16 years, from 1959-1975. She was a 4-H volunteer. For a brief time she worked at Brestwood Inn, and then Alco Discount Store 1980-1992 and, finally, for Metz Baking 1992-2004 before retiring.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Denise Burns of Fremont, and Larry and Patti Burns of Omaha; daughter and son-in-law, Patricia "Patti" and Duane Haberberger of Fremont; five grandchildren - Stephen and wife Erica Bartels, Linda and husband Wyatt Swartz, Lisa Haberberger, Robert E. Busson III, and Grace Burns; two great-grandchildren Hayden Bartels and Shelby Ann Bartels; special friend, Jimmie Fox; and several close cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil, in July 1996.

Memorials may be directed to Priscilla Flower Mission or Nickerson Fire Department.