Pearl F and Jett Burge Obituaries

Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, January 25, 1934
 
P.F. BURGE DIES SUDDENLY FROM HEART FAILURE
 
Had Undergone Operation Monday
 
Local Man Was Apparently Recovering When Death Came Without Warning; Funeral Friday
 
Pearl F. Burge, owner of the Hotel Burge here, died suddenly about five o'clock Tuesday evening from a heart attack in the Holyoke hospital, where he was apparently recovering nicely from an operation performed Monday for obstruction of the bowels. Mr. Burge was taken suddenly ill Sunday afternoon, and was removed Monday to the hospital for observation. The operation was performed that night, and Mr. Burge's condition was considered good following the operation.
 
Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church at 1:30 Friday afternoon with Rev. J.W. Bailey, pastor of the church, preaching the sermon. Rev. M.B. Beattie, pastor of the Methodist church, will assist with the services at the church, while the Holyoke Masonic lodge of which Mr. Burge was a member will have charge of the services at the grave.
 
Mr. Burge had owned and managed the hotel for about 11 years, having taken over the management during the spring of 1922. It became a popular place for the traveling public and traveling men often drove many miles merely to spend the night at the local hotel. Several years ago Mr. Burge erected a fireplace in the lobby of the hotel, dedicated to the "Knights of the Grip." The place was built from stones and relics gathered by the traveling public from all over the United States and many foreign countries, and carried a large plaque with the names of many of the donors. It attracted attention all over the country, and pictures of the place appeared in syndicated features in many dailies and magazines.
 
Mr. Burge, together with his wife, who died June 8, 1932, came to Holyoke in 1915 and purchased a mercantile store here, disposing of it a few years before they entered the hotel business.
 
Mr. Burge was born at Gravity, Iowa, April 15, 1877 and received his early education there. In 1894 he located in Alvin, Texas, where he managed a general store for three years, and then went to Purdy, Missouri, where he and his brother, Henry, conducted a dry goods store.
 
Mr. Burge was married to Jett Harris at Fayetteville, Arkansas, June 27, 1900 and the couple moved to Conway, Iowa in 1902. Later Mr. Burge sold his interest and moved to Long Beach, California, and then returned to Sharpsburg, Iowa in 1910 and operated a store until 1914, when Mr. Burge went into the real estate business in Creston, Iowa, from which place he and his wife came to Holyoke.
 
Mr. Burge served for several years as a member of the town board, and was also secretary-manager of the local telephone company for many years.
 
Surviving Mr. Burge are two sisters, Mrs. M.E. Dunlavy of Sterling, and Mrs. Martha McGee of Nemo, South Dakota, and three brothers, Henry of Conway, Iowa, Harlan of Gering, Nebraska and Chauncey of Long Beach, California, besides several nieces and nephews.
 
 Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, CO, 1 Feb 1934
 
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR P.F. BURGE
 
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Baptist church for P.F. Burge, owner of the Hotel Burge, who died Tuesday of last week. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. J.W. Bailey, pastor of the church, who was assisted by Rev. M.B. Beattie, pastor of the Methodist church. The local Masonic lodge of which Mr. Burge was a member had charge of the services at the grave.
 
Surviving Mr. Burge are three brothers, Henry of Conway, Iowa, Harlan of Gering, Nebraska, and Chauncey of Long Beach, California, and two sisters, Mrs. M.E. Dunlavy of Sterling, and Mrs. Martha McGee of Nemo, South Dakota. Mrs. Burge died two years ago.
 
              
 
Pearl F. Burge

Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, June 9, 1932
 
DEATH CLAIMS MRS. P.F. BURGE
 
Had Been In Poor Health For More Than Year; Funeral Friday
 
Mrs. Pearl F. Burge died Wednesday evening following an operation performed last week at the Holyoke hospital. Mrs. Burge, who was 50 years old, had been in ill health for more than a year, spending several months at Rochester, Minnesota last year while recovering from an operation. Since that time she had not been strong, although in seeming good health until she was stricken Thursday of last week.
 
Funeral services will be held at two o’clock Friday afternoon at the Methodist church. Burial will be in the Holyoke cemetery.
 
Mrs. Burge, whose maiden name was Jett Harris, was born March 24, 1882, at Harris, Arkansas, the town being named after her father. She attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and it was while a student there that she was married to Mr. Burge June 27, 1900.
 
For a time they lived in Arkansas, later moving to Missouri and then to Iowa, where they engaged in a general merchandise business for 12 years.
 
Mr. and Mrs. Burge came to Holyoke in 1915, operating a store here for several years, and later entered the hotel business which they had conducted since 1922.
 
Besides her husband Mrs. Burge is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Henry Mason of Perry Grove, Arkansas, and Mrs. J.L. McGuire of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Neither of these will be able to attend the funeral.
 
 
Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, June 16, 1932
 
HOLD SERVICES FOR MRS. BURGE
 
Sermon Preached By Rev. J.G. Olmsted Of Local Christian Church
 
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Methodist church for Mrs. Pearl F. Burge, who died last Wednesday evening.
 
Rev. John G. Olmsted preached the funeral sermon, and he was assisted in the service by Rev. John W. Bailey, who gave the prayer, and Rev. Paul M. Joy, who read the obituary. Rev. M.B. Beattie led in prayer at the grave.
 
A mixed quartet of the Methodist church sang three selections. “The City Foursquare,” “Lead Kindly Light,” and “Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere.” A profusion of flowers decorated the church.
 
Interment was made in the Holyoke cemetery. Colver brothers had charge of the funeral arrangements.
 
The obituary read by Rev. Joy is as follows:
 
Jett I. Harris was born in Harris, Arkansas, on March 24, 1882. The town of Harris was named for her father, who was a Union soldier. The Harris family were old settlers of Arkansas. When their daughter was thirteen years old they moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas. Here the young lady attended the University of Arkansas, and here she married Pearl Burge. Mr. and Mrs. Burge went to live in Purdy, Missouri, where Mr. Burge was in the mercantile business. They went from Purdy to Conway, Iowa, where they resided for eight years. In Conway Mr. Burge was in business with his brother, Henry. After a delightful rest in California, Mr. and Mrs. Burge made their home in Sharpsburg, Iowa for a time and then moved to Creston, Iowa. In 1915 they came to Holyoke and have made this their home since that time. After four years as a merchant, Mr. Burge went into the hotel business, in which his wife was his very efficient and charming helper.
 
Mrs. Burge passed away on June 8 at eight o’clock in the evening. She is survived by her devoted husband and by two sisters, one of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, and the other of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
 
When a young woman Mrs. Burge united with the Christian church.
 
Mrs. Burge was known among her many friends of Holyoke as a woman of business ability. She has been of real assistance to her husband in operating the Hotel Burge and has helped greatly in creating there an atmosphere that has made the traveling men, “Her Boys” as she called the, drive many miles out of the way in order to spend the night there.
 
Mrs. Burge was a lover of the beautiful, wherever found. She was a woman of grace and dignity, one who was admired by all who knew her. She never complained of her own ailments, but gave largely of her sympathy to others who were in distress of any kind.
 
Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, June 22, 1932
 
CARD OF THANKS - I wish to thank all of my friends for their assistance and kind expressions of sympathy during the illness and death of my wife. I also wish to thank those who sent flowers. -
 
P.F. Burge
 
 
 
 
JETT I ( HARRIS) BURGE

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