5/13/1873 - 1/25/1948
RITES TODAY FOR FORMER BERNE MAN
HENRY CLAY BURGESS, 74, FORMERLY
RESIDED HERE
Private funeral services were held this afternoon at the
residence of the late Henry Clay Burgess, 74, a retired automobile salesman
who died who died early Sunday at his home north of Portland, along Federal
Road 27. Burial was in Green Park Cemetery.
Mr. Burgess died from a
heart attack while his invalid wife was calling for help.
Mr. Burgess is
a former resident of Berne. He moved to Berne from Blue Creek Township many
years ago and resided on East Water Street in the house now owned and
occupied by Mrs. (rest is missing) [buried Green Park Cemetery, Portland,
Jay County, Indiana]
Adams County (IN) Historical Museum
1947Dec-Apr1948 Scrapbook, image 07-08
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Buried in Green Park Cemetery