Lawrence Burhenn

Lawrence Charles Burhenn was born on August 7, 1919 to Charles and Minnie Burhenn on a farm in Stafford County north of Stafford, Kansas. He graduated from high school at Turon, Kansas in 1938. After graduation, he worked for Midwest Grain Company till entry into military service in February 1942. He married Eva Hazen on October 3, 1942 in the Ralph Hazen home. Ray Bresher, Turon Methodist minister performed the ceremony. To this union two daughters were born. Ann was born on October 4, 1943 and Martha was born on January 19, 1947. Lawrence was discharged from the Army Air Corps on November 23, 1945 at Montgomery, Alabama. He then went to work for Ben Raines who had been Manager of Midwest Grain prior to World War II. Ben and Harold Walraven had acquired the John Deere Machinery and named the business the Turon Farm Supply. He worked at this till August 16, 1950 when he was recalled to active duty with the U.S. Air Force. He remained in service until April 30, 1967 when he retired. He served on the island of Okinawa and France. He was an aircraft mechanic during his active career. After retirement he worked for Civil Service at Perrin Air Force base in North Texas for 30 months, then he worked for an aircraft contractor at Vance Air Force base at Enid, Oklahoma till he retired in 1985.

He and Eva traveled all over the U.S. for about 34 years. Eva lost her battle with cancer in November of 1999. On June 28, 2001 he married Dulcie Hankey Towry in Brenham, Texas. He and Dulcie had graduated from Turon High in 1938. She had lost her mate Russell Towry, a Christian minister, in 1995. Lawrence disposed of the home at 2816 W Randolph in the fall of 2001 and he and Dulcie resided in Kruse Village, a retirement complex in Brenham, Texas, until her death in April 2012. After her death, Lawrence moved to assisted living in Sherman, Texas.

Lawrence passed to new life March 18, 2015 in Sherman, Texas. Survivors include: brother Clifford (Bonnie) Burhenn of Canon City, Colorado; sister Emma Rupp of Tacoma, Washington; two daughters, Ann Keeling (Gary Ruback) of Sherman, Texas and Martha (Larry) Linville of Lee’s Summit, Missouri; and two granddaughters, Darla Linville (Kristen Gilbert) of Augusta, Georgia, and Heather Linville of La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Graveside Services will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery in Enid, Oklahoma at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home, Enid, OK.

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