December 26, 1991

ROBERT DON BURDEN

WHITEWATER -- Robert Don Burden, 65, of Whitewater, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1991, at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1926, in Wabaseka, Ark., son of Charles and Eva Yeager Burden. He and Lawanda Aaron were married June 4, 1949. Burden was a retired electrician with IBEW. He moved to this area in 1968 from West Memphis, Ark...

WHITEWATER -- Robert Don Burden, 65, of Whitewater, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1991, at his home.

He was born Dec. 11, 1926, in Wabaseka, Ark., son of Charles and Eva Yeager Burden. He and Lawanda Aaron were married June 4, 1949.

Burden was a retired electrician with IBEW. He moved to this area in 1968 from West Memphis, Ark.

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Survivors include his wife; two sons, Donald Burden of Whitewater, Russell Burden of Marble Hill; two daughters, Patricia Botkin of Boss, Wendy Burns of Chaffee; a sister, Lois Hearlin of Kailua, Hawaii; nine grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

A brother preceded him in death.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Liley Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The Rev. Glen Golden will officiate, with burial in Proffer Cemetery at Crump.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.

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