IRIS BURCH

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral for Iris Burch of St. Louis, Mo., formerly of Anna, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. Scott Harner will officiate. Burial will be in American Legion Cemetery at Dongola, Ill.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today.

Burch, 61, died Monday, March 19, 2001, at her home.

She was born Oct. 12, 1939, in Dongola, daughter of Aaron and Hester Keller Capron. She married Clyde Burch, who died in 1998.

Survivors include a son, Preston Burch of Hot Springs, Mo.; a daughter, Eve Burch of St. Louis; a stepson, Brandi Burch of St. Louis; a stepdaughter, Cheryl Mardiresian of Columbia, Ill.; a sister, Genevieve Hight of Arthur, Ill.; and four grandchildren.