Submitted by: Dan Rich

Brother Fergus Burns CSC

Oct. 20, 1911 – Oct. 12, 1976

South Bend Tribune 10/13/1976

Brother Fergus Burns CSC, 64, of Holy Trinity High School, Chicago, was found dead early Tuesday morning in his room of an apparent heart attack. He was working with the Sacred Heart Nursing Home, Chicago, and was a former librarian and teacher. He taught at St. Joseph High School. South Bend, from 1954 to 1955; Holy Trinity High School; and the University of Portland. Born Oct. 20, 1911 in Watertown, NY, he entered the congregation of the Holy Cross in 1935; made his first voes in August 1936; and his final profession of vows in 1940.

Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of St. Joseph on the campus of Holy Cross Junior College. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, also on the campus. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at the Holy Cross Brothers Center, where a wake service will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.