Wilbur and Irene Burchett Obituaries

Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, CO, March 3, 1993
 
Wilbur Eugene Burchett of Holyoke was born August 2, 1910 to Claude and Grace Fair Burchett at the home of his grandparents in Amherst. He passed away Saturday, February 27, 1993 at Prairie Vista Care Center in Holyoke at the age of 82.
 
Wilbur was raised on the family homestead 16 miles south of Holyoke. He attended Hillsdale School until the family moved to Holyoke in 1925 and then he continued his education in Holyoke.
 
In 1929, Wilbur started his employment with the Powell and Brethouwer Grocery Store and in 1943 Cody Patrick, Ervin Weber and Wilbur leased the store from Powell and Brethouwer for eight years.
 
He married Mildred Andes on November 26, 1937. They made their home in Holyoke. To this union two daughters were born, Beverly and Judy.
 
In 1952, Wilbur purchased the Amherst Market which he operated for 27 1/2 years until retiring. He continued to make his home in Holyoke. On December 21, 1974 he married Irene Pittsenberger.
 
Wilbur enjoyed fishing and hunting. He was a very active member of the Holyoke Gun Club. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Holyoke, Holyoke Lions Club and the Elks Lodge No. 2409 BPOE of Wray. Wilbur joined the Holyoke Volunteer Fire Department in 1938 and retired in 1961, serving as chief for part of that time.
 
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Irene, brother Doyle, sister Leona and former wife Mildred.
 
Survivors include daughters Beverly Tumbleson of Longmont and Judy Spelts and husband Ivan of Evergreen; brothers Mack Burchett of Holyoke, Marvin Burchett of Aurora and Lyle Burchett of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; sisters Florence Hayes of Johnson City, Tennessee, Jeanette Denison of Aurora and Delores Sawyer of Phoenix, Arizona; five grandchildren; and two great
grandchildren.
 
Services were scheduled for Wednesday, March 3, 1993 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Holyoke with Rev. Gary Jones officiating. Burial was in Holyoke
Memorial Park.
 
 
 
WILBUR EUGENE BURCHETT

Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, February 8, 1990
 
Irene M. Burchett, the daughter of Peter and Tony Johanek McGuinnis, was born at Esbon, Kansas December 17, 1906. She attended school in Kansas.
 
She married Joseph Pittsenberger on April 22, 1926 in Esbon. They moved to Yuma and lived there until 1931 when they moved to Haxtun. In 1932 they moved to a farm southwest of Holyoke and lived there until retiring to Holyoke in 1957. Irene worked as a nurse’s aid in the hospital in Holyoke for 20 years.
 
Joseph died in 1972. She married Wilbur Burchett in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 21, 1974. They have made their home in Holyoke since that time.
 
Irene was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and the Alta & Rosary Society.
 
Survivors include husband, Wilbur Burchett of Holyoke; daughters, Euletta Meusborn and husband Dwaine of Holyoke and Patricia Edwards and husband Tom of Gardengrove, California; son Ronald Pittsenberger and wife Jeri of Yucaipa, California; brother, Lawrence McGuinnis and wife Helen of Loveland; step daughters, Beverly Tumbleson of Longmont and Judy Spelts of Evergreen;
sister-in-law Carmen McGuinnis of Lamy, New Mexico; nine grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
 
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Joseph and brother Edward.
 
Irene passed away Sunday, January 28, 1990 at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke at the age of 83.
 
Recitation of rosary was Tuesday, January 30 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Holyoke. Mass of Christian Burial was Wednesday, January 31, 1990 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, with Father Jerry Young officiating. Burial was in Holyoke Memorial Park.
 
 
 
IRENE M.(MCGUINNIS) BURCHETT

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