Show brother of J pa burns called on friday june 16 1933 at p m william P cap burns brother ot of I 1 james P burns of this city passed into his last sleep following an illness of several months from heart trouble at his home la in S scranton cranton pa mr burns visited in this city as a guest of his brother from september to october in 1904 and made many ti lends during his stay in our midst who will be pained to hear of his demise he was much impressed d with park city and always had kind words tor for the people thereof it was last november when deceased was stricken with heart trouble and upon hearing of his illness james P left tor for the scranton home remaining with his brother tor for several weeks and upon lea leaving ing tor for his park city home the brother expressed the wish to again visit park city and also butte montana where two married sisters reside mrs burns bums died at scranton pa in february 1915 tho the following wits was taken from a scranton paper of june the funeral of william F p cap burris burns of west market street who died suddenly friday afternoon was held monday the from the home of his sister ln in law mrs william daley 1922 brick avenue north scranton mr burns was a lifelong resident of N north orth scranton and was engaged in business there tor for many years the high regard in which he was held was shown by the hundreds of people from every walk of life and from all sections of the city in attendance at the funeral there were many floral pieces in evidence A solemn high maw mass was sung in holy rosary church at a m by rev bev S R oconnell rev S H was waa deacon rev stephen casey was sub dea con the childrens choir sang the moss mass the casket bearers were john padden james burke joseph walsh patrick purcell edward kelly and david alexander interment cathedral cathedra 1 cemetery |