Submitted By: Mary Jo Koran

Article published Jan 28, 2007
Elizabeth A. Burton
March 7, 1907 - Jan. 24, 2007

SOUTH BEND - Elizabeth A. (Ramey) Burton, 99, a resident of Regency Place of South Bend, passed away at Regency on Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 41 days before her 100th birthday.

Elizabeth "Betty" was born on March 7, 1907, to Elmer and Serena (Hill) Ramey in Muncie, IN. She graduated from Muncie High School in 1924 and married Floyd L. Burton on July 15, 1925, in St. Joseph, MI, who passed away on November 14, 1982.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Clyde E. Ramey of Lombard, IL; her sister, Uarda (Ramey) Robbins of South Bend; and her daughter-in-law, Joan (Erhardt) Burton.

She assisted her husband, manager of the former Grand Leader Department Store in downtown South Bend, and then entered with him into the ownership and management of the former Burton's Department Store, previously located on Miami Street in South Bend. After her husband's death, she moved to Rhode Island to live near her son and daughter-in-law until returning to South Bend with them in 2002.

Elizabeth is survived by their only child, Floyd L. Burton, formerly of Boston, MA, and Providence, RI, and now a resident of South Bend; four grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 31, 2007, in Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10776 McKinley Highway, Osceola, with two hours of visitation prior to the services. Rev. David Gerth will officiate. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola.

Online condolences may be sent to www.chapelhillmemorial.com.