Barbara Burton 79, Indianapolis, the wife of the late B.D. Burton, died peacefully on Monday, December 14, 2009 after a brief illness. Born in Canton, Ohio Barbara worked for Target Stores for 20 years. She is survived by three children; sons, David and Dean; daughter, Beth Hinton, all of Indianapolis. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Kyle Hinton, Dena Rae Burton and Evan Burton and two great-grandchildren, Chloe Hinton and Daniel Ramierez. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 17 in Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center - Washington Park East, with calling there from 5 p.m. until service. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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Mom was the eldest daughter of Charles and Mary (Davis) Wonn. She grew up in Canton, Ohio and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and was the last surviving member of her family, with her parents, brother, and two sisters preceding her in death.
Once her kids were raised, Mom found being "just" a housewife a little boring, and in 1981 she went to work for Target stores. After holding a few minor positions with the company, she became a competitive shopper for them. With Mom's love of shopping, this was probably the perfect job for her - she spent all day "shopping" at Target's competitors, checking their prices. She retired shortly after her husband Bill died in 1996, but again found that she had too much time on her hands and went to work in the floral department of a grocery, and eventually ended up working for Target again as the switchboard operator in a store.
After Dad's death, Mom built a nice one bedroom apartment onto her daughter Beth's house, and lived with Beth and her family until her death.
Mom certainly had more than her share of health issues in the latter part of her life. During a flight from Detroit to Indianapolis on business for Target, she developed appendicitis and had to have an emergency appendectomy when she was in her 50s. She had many problems with her eyes, beginning in the 1990s, with multiple surgeries, and she eventually lost the sight completely in one eye. She also had COPD and heart failure; the latter led to a pacemaker/defibrillator being implanted. In December of 2009 she was stricken with liver and lung cancer, and died just two weeks after the diagnosis.
Mom was one of the nicest people I've ever met. She was always ready to do whatever she could for anyone, and always willing to forgive and forget. Although I suppose like most of us she did at times, I never remember her speaking ill of anyone. One of the things that Mom loved was reading, a trait she definitely passed on to her family. She was always reading - even when everyone else was watching TV she'd have her nose in a book. It used to surprise me that despite reading, she always knew what was going on on the TV and around her! She loved to read to her grandchildren, and did it every chance she got. We all used to kid her about her favorite genre - somewhat tawdry historical romances that we called "throbbing manhood" books.
* Thanks to Git 'Er Dug for sponsoring my Mom's memorial *
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Mom was the eldest daughter of Charles and Mary (Davis) Wonn. She grew up in Canton, Ohio and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and was the last surviving member of her family, with her parents, brother, and two sisters preceding her in death.
Once her kids were raised, Mom found being "just" a housewife a little boring, and in 1981 she went to work for Target stores. After holding a few minor positions with the company, she became a competitive shopper for them. With Mom's love of shopping, this was probably the perfect job for her - she spent all day "shopping" at Target's competitors, checking their prices. She retired shortly after her husband Bill died in 1996, but again found that she had too much time on her hands and went to work in the floral department of a grocery, and eventually ended up working for Target again as the switchboard operator in a store.
After Dad's death, Mom built a nice one bedroom apartment onto her daughter Beth's house, and lived with Beth and her family until her death.
Mom certainly had more than her share of health issues in the latter part of her life. During a flight from Detroit to Indianapolis on business for Target, she developed appendicitis and had to have an emergency appendectomy when she was in her 50s. She had many problems with her eyes, beginning in the 1990s, with multiple surgeries, and she eventually lost the sight completely in one eye. She also had COPD and heart failure; the latter led to a pacemaker/defibrillator being implanted. In December of 2009 she was stricken with liver and lung cancer, and died just two weeks after the diagnosis.
Mom was one of the nicest people I've ever met. She was always ready to do whatever she could for anyone, and always willing to forgive and forget. Although I suppose like most of us she did at times, I never remember her speaking ill of anyone. One of the things that Mom loved was reading, a trait she definitely passed on to her family. She was always reading - even when everyone else was watching TV she'd have her nose in a book. It used to surprise me that despite reading, she always knew what was going on on the TV and around her! She loved to read to her grandchildren, and did it every chance she got. We all used to kid her about her favorite genre - somewhat tawdry historical romances that we called "throbbing manhood" books.
* Thanks to Git 'Er Dug for sponsoring my Mom's memorial *
Barbara Burton 79, Indianapolis, the wife of the late B.D. Burton, died peacefully on Monday, December 14, 2009 after a brief illness. Born in Canton, Ohio Barbara worked for Target Stores for 20 years. She is survived by three children; sons, David and Dean; daughter, Beth Hinton, all of Indianapolis. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Kyle Hinton, Dena Rae Burton and Evan Burton and two great-grandchildren, Chloe Hinton and Daniel Ramierez. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 17 in Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center - Washington Park East, with calling there from 5 p.m. until service. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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Mom was the eldest daughter of Charles and Mary (Davis) Wonn. She grew up in Canton, Ohio and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and was the last surviving member of her family, with her parents, brother, and two sisters preceding her in death.
Once her kids were raised, Mom found being "just" a housewife a little boring, and in 1981 she went to work for Target stores. After holding a few minor positions with the company, she became a competitive shopper for them. With Mom's love of shopping, this was probably the perfect job for her - she spent all day "shopping" at Target's competitors, checking their prices. She retired shortly after her husband Bill died in 1996, but again found that she had too much time on her hands and went to work in the floral department of a grocery, and eventually ended up working for Target again as the switchboard operator in a store.
After Dad's death, Mom built a nice one bedroom apartment onto her daughter Beth's house, and lived with Beth and her family until her death.
Mom certainly had more than her share of health issues in the latter part of her life. During a flight from Detroit to Indianapolis on business for Target, she developed appendicitis and had to have an emergency appendectomy when she was in her 50s. She had many problems with her eyes, beginning in the 1990s, with multiple surgeries, and she eventually lost the sight completely in one eye. She also had COPD and heart failure; the latter led to a pacemaker/defibrillator being implanted. In December of 2009 she was stricken with liver and lung cancer, and died just two weeks after the diagnosis.
Mom was one of the nicest people I've ever met. She was always ready to do whatever she could for anyone, and always willing to forgive and forget. Although I suppose like most of us she did at times, I never remember her speaking ill of anyone. One of the things that Mom loved was reading, a trait she definitely passed on to her family. She was always reading - even when everyone else was watching TV she'd have her nose in a book. It used to surprise me that despite reading, she always knew what was going on on the TV and around her! She loved to read to her grandchildren, and did it every chance she got. We all used to kid her about her favorite genre - somewhat tawdry historical romances that we called "throbbing manhood" books.
* Thanks to Git 'Er Dug for sponsoring my Mom's memorial *
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Mom was the eldest daughter of Charles and Mary (Davis) Wonn. She grew up in Canton, Ohio and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and was the last surviving member of her family, with her parents, brother, and two sisters preceding her in death.
Once her kids were raised, Mom found being "just" a housewife a little boring, and in 1981 she went to work for Target stores. After holding a few minor positions with the company, she became a competitive shopper for them. With Mom's love of shopping, this was probably the perfect job for her - she spent all day "shopping" at Target's competitors, checking their prices. She retired shortly after her husband Bill died in 1996, but again found that she had too much time on her hands and went to work in the floral department of a grocery, and eventually ended up working for Target again as the switchboard operator in a store.
After Dad's death, Mom built a nice one bedroom apartment onto her daughter Beth's house, and lived with Beth and her family until her death.
Mom certainly had more than her share of health issues in the latter part of her life. During a flight from Detroit to Indianapolis on business for Target, she developed appendicitis and had to have an emergency appendectomy when she was in her 50s. She had many problems with her eyes, beginning in the 1990s, with multiple surgeries, and she eventually lost the sight completely in one eye. She also had COPD and heart failure; the latter led to a pacemaker/defibrillator being implanted. In December of 2009 she was stricken with liver and lung cancer, and died just two weeks after the diagnosis.
Mom was one of the nicest people I've ever met. She was always ready to do whatever she could for anyone, and always willing to forgive and forget. Although I suppose like most of us she did at times, I never remember her speaking ill of anyone. One of the things that Mom loved was reading, a trait she definitely passed on to her family. She was always reading - even when everyone else was watching TV she'd have her nose in a book. It used to surprise me that despite reading, she always knew what was going on on the TV and around her! She loved to read to her grandchildren, and did it every chance she got. We all used to kid her about her favorite genre - somewhat tawdry historical romances that we called "throbbing manhood" books.
* Thanks to Git 'Er Dug for sponsoring my Mom's memorial *
