Elaine B. Burr

May 27, 1924 - October 10, 2019

Elaine B. Burr, 95 of Gibbon died Thursday, October 10, 2019 at the Central Nebraska Veterans Home in Kearney. Funeral Services will be Monday, October 14, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at Faith United Church in Gibbon. Rev. Ryan Findley will officiate and burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon. Visitation is planned Sunday from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the church in Gibbon. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date. Please visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or condolence. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney is in charge of arrangements. Elaine was born May 27, 1924 to Roland and Mayme (Anderson) Rohde at their home near Sumner in Dawson County. She grew up in the Eddyville area and graduated from Eddyville High School in 1942. She married Roy C. Burr on June 4, 1942 in Norton, KS. They lived in Eddyville and she worked as a cook at the school then worked at Farmers Bank in Oconto. In 1972 they moved to Gibbon and she worked at Eaton Corporation until retiring. She was an active member of Faith United Church in Gibbon and belonged to the United Methodist Women and the Faith Circle. She also was a member of the Gibbon American Legion Auxiliary, enjoyed camping, fishing and especially enjoyed spending time with family. She and her husband had a foster daughter; Brenda Anderson Kreutzer. Surviving relatives include a daughter Charlotte Burr and her husband Jim Myrick of Gibbon; son, Kenneth Burr and wife Sandra of Sumner, NE; daughter-in-law, Connie Burr of Kearney; grandchildren, Timoth Burr and wife Janet of Sumner, Jim Burr and wife Stacy of Lexington, Leah Swanson and husband Bryce of Eddyville, Brent Burr and wife Amber of Gibbon, Dan Burr and wife Alyssa of Shelton and Jessica Krupp of Spanaway, WA; 13 great grandchildren; 13 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband in 2002; son Richard in 2018; brothers, Howard, Homer, Glenn and sister, Genevie Fuestman.