Mary Burton

Mary Frances Burton, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, at Saint Francis Medical Center.

She was born Jan. 13, 1935, at Egypt Mills, daughter of Clarence and Ethel Wright Dewrock. She and Arthur Burton were married July 31, 1951, in Piggott, Ark.

Burton was a member of the Church of God.

Survivors include her husband; four sons, Jack, Jeffrey and Michael Burton of Cape Girardeau, Joe Burton of Slidell, La.; a daughter, Cindy McIntyre of Cape Girardeau; four sisters, Eva Thiele and Peggy Moore of Cape Girardeau, Janet A. Lowes of McClure, Ill., LaVerne Aufdenberg of Jackson; two brothers, Bill Dewrock of Detroit, Mich., Cletus Winchester of Cape Girardeau; 12 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, a daughter, a grandson, a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter, a sister and two brothers.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home, with the Rev. Darren Henderson officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery.