Mr. Raymond F. Burns - Frederick News Obituary
Mr.
Raymond F. Burns, 94, of Frederick, passed away
Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Frederick Memorial
Hospital. He was the husband of the late Harriet
Virginia Groshon Burns, who died June 13, 2003.
They had been married for 64 years.
Born Jan. 16,
1916, in Kemptown, he was a son of the late
Harvey and Ida Cutsail Burns. Mr. Burns attended
Kemptown School and farmed in that area for many
years. He later worked with Fairchild and
Chestnut Farms Dairy. He also owned his own
business later in life and mowed lawns in New
Market and had also worked in tree removal and
the wood business.
Mr. Burns was
well-known at area auctions and public sales and
enjoyed antiquing for clocks and radios, which
he repaired and sold.
He is survived by
six children, Stanley “Gene” Burns, and wife,
Becky, of Frederick, William E. Burns and Mary
Ellen, of Charles Town, W.Va., Mary Susie May
and John, Pat Alexander and friend, Dave, May L.
Burns and friend, Petie, and Linda Kuykendall,
and husband, Glen, all of Frederick; 10
grandchildren, Karen Sexton, Dianna Moxley,
Kimberly Krenzler, Jason Kuykendall, Josh
Kuykendall, Kelly Burns, Tina Walter Carter,
Dawn Duncan, Randall E. Burns and Michael David
Burns; 16 great-grandchildren; seven
great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and
nephews; and a host of close friends in New
Market.
He was preceded
in death by a grandson, Alton Lee Duncan; and
one sister, Mildred Frye Butts.
The family will
receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, March 21, at Keeney and Basford Funeral
Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick. Funeral
services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March
22, from the Etchison Memorial Chapel of the
funeral home. Interment will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery, Frederick.
Those desiring
may send memorial donations to the Patty
Pollatos Fund Inc., c/o Debbie Williams, 11102
Eagletrace Drive, New Market, MD 21774-6704.
Online
condolences may be shared with the family at
KeeneyBasford.com.
