GREAT AUNT JULIA BURNS ESCH REST IN PEACE
She just missed her 90th Birthday and was living alone up until days before her death. She was a very dependent women who gave much to her church and community. It was a very nice size funeral. My Uncle Dick Burns flew in from California and he is now the Patriarch of the Burns clan being the oldest cousin remaining.
It was so nice seeing some of my dad's first cousin. My Uncle Louis Burns had 11 children and they all went to Aquinas college where my niece Catherine goes. We were invited to a Burns weekend Reunion that they put on every summer up in the Stanton area. I'm so excited it will be fun. I love family history and I can't wait to here stories about my grandpa and his siblings. God is good!
Here is the obituary on my aunt:
Julia (Julie) C. Burns-Esch Lansing Julia passed away on February 6, 2012. She was born on February 18, 1922 in Hubbardston, MI to John M. & Julia Egan Burns. She graduated from St. John the Baptist School in Hubbardston, attended Lansing Business University, MSU, and received an Associate in Business degree from Lansing Community College. She worked for the State of Michigan for 40 years as an Executive Secretary. After retirement, she tutored in the Lansing School System, Adult Education, for 10 years. She had been an active volunteer in the Hispanic community of Lansing since 1958, and the author of "Viva Cristo Rey" about her experiences as organist at Cristo Rey Church. She also published a second book entitled "The Scribe." Julia was an active member and past President of the Association of Catholic Business Women, and was a former member of the Catholic Women's Club and the Irish American Club of Lansing. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Louis (Florence), Larry (Mary), Jack (Beulah), Frank (Mary Louise), Jerry (Louise), Bernard (Helen); sister, Mary (Alfred) Bertram; her husbands, Wm. J. Savage and Elmer B. Esch; 1 niece and seven nephews. She is survived by her brother-in-law, Alfred Bertram; and sister-in-law, Helen M. Burns; 37 nephews and nieces, their children and grandchildren; and the daughters of Elmer B. Esch - Janet Bernthal, Bernie Rowell, Christine Bassett, and Mary Jo Oxford. The Lansing area nephews and nieces, Bill, Rosemary, Joan, Terry, and Sue, were very caring and devoted to her in her last years, making them special for her. Visitation will be from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. with a vigil service at 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Tiffany Funeral Home, 3232 West Saginaw Street, Lansing. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 10, 2012 at St. Gerard Catholic Church, 4437 W. Willow Hwy, Lansing with visitation one-hour prior to service. Burial will take place at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Hubbardston, MI. In lieu of flowers, gifts in Julia's memory may be made to the Association of Catholic Business Women, Cristo Rey Community Center, and the Greater Lansing Catholic Education Foundation. The family is being served by Tiffany Funeral Home. Friends may visit the guest book at www.tiffanyfuneralhome.com.
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