Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Willis Burkhart
30 Oct 1926 - 18 Jun 2005
Elnora---Willis F. Burkhart, 71, died at 9PM, Saturday at the Regional Medical Center in Leesburg, Fla. He had been in failing health a few years and was seriously ill a few months. The funeral will be at 2PM Wednesday at the Elnora Christian Church with Bros. Greg Speere and Richard Smith officiating. Interment will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Odon. Friends may call after 4PM today at the Poindexter & Son Funeral Home, Odon Chapel. The casket will be taken to the church at noon Wednesday. He was born May 8, 1916 in Greene County to William E. and Ethel Hoover Burkhart. He was married to Myrl Powers Dec. 26, 1934 and she survives. He was a retired farmer and was a member of the Elnora Christian Church. He was an elder many years and was also director of the church. He served over 20 years on the ASCS Daviess County Committee and was a member of the Washington Moose Lodge No. 1080. Surviving are his wife and one son, John Earl Burkhart, Odon, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Alice Wilder, McKeesport, Pa. One son Ernest Burkhart and one grandson, Steve Burkhart, are deceased.
Contributed by: Janice Smith Hagmeier