Daughter of Elmer Clarence Denman and Edna L. Shaw. Married Thomas Edward Allison on December 12, 1941. Married Lester L. Burns on July 11, 1948.
∼Agnes J. Burns, 96, of Marshalltown, Iowa, died on Sunday morning, September 27, 2020, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown while under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Graveside services at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Richland Center, Wisconsin.

Agnes Joyce was born on July 13, 1924 in Cazenovia, Wisconsin, one of twenty-five children born to Elmer and Edna (Shaw) Denman. Agnes grew up in Richland County, Wisconsin, and Richland Center and attended school there.

She married Lester Burns in the spring of 1946 and the couple made their home in Genoa and Byron, Illinois, before moving to Marshalltown in 2007.

Agnes loved being a homemaker, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. She was famous for her homemade noodles and “wonder buns,” which she often served at her big Thursday night meals. Agnes could make any house look like a home. She was a simple, yet classy lady who loved her “bling.” Agnes enjoyed creating ceramics, quilting, latch-hooking, canning, and playing the organ.

Survivors include her children, Diana “Jodi” Allison, Debra (John) Klemm, and Debbie Warner; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Leonard Denman; and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

In eternal life, Agnes has been reunited with her parents; her husband, Lester; two daughters, Donna Mancillas and Darlene Lundgren; her son David Allison; 23 siblings, including her twin brother, Allie; her granddaughter, Jessica Lyn; and her great-granddaughter, Tabbithia Watts.

Obituary from Mitchell Family Funeral Home, Marshalltown, Iowa

Added by Mary Hammill Rund 1 Oct 2020