BURNS Wabash, June 15 – Word was received here today by relatives of the death of Mrs. Mary Ellen Burns, 89, which occurred on Thursday night at her home near Akron. Mrs. Burns was the mother of Estil Burns of near Wabash. Funeral services will be held on Monday at the Akron United Brethren Church with burial in the church cemetery. Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, June 16, 1940.