Wilma Burghard

WILMA IRENE BURGHARD OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN FEBRUARY 6, 1921, IN ELVINS, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE DAVID AND STELLA (FRYMAN) DOUGLAS. WILMA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT MISSOURI BAPTIST HOSPITAL ON MAY 3, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-NINE YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS.
WILMA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE RUSSELL BURGHARD ON JUNE 6, 1940, IN IRONTON, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION TWO SONS WERE BORN.
WILMA IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, FLOYD BURGHARD AND WIFE KAREN OF MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA, HENRY BURGHARD AND WIFE REGINA OF MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA, THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS, KARMEN, KAROLYN AND ELIZABETH, ONE BROTHER, MONROE DOUGLAS OF POTOSI, ONE SISTER, DOROTHY LAWSON OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO INFANT BROTHERS AND ONE INFANT SISTER.
WILMA WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS ACTIVE IN ITS' MANY ACTIVITIES AND ENJOYED HER MANY CHURCH FRIENDS. WILMA ENJOYED GOSPEL MUSIC AND ATTENDING BIBLE STUDY. HER FAMILY WAS A VERY IMPORTANT LINK IN HER LIFE'S CHAIN, WHERE EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM MADE THE NEXT VERY STRONG. HER FAMILY WAS NOT LIMITED TO HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN BUT ALSO INCLUDED HER VERY SPECIAL PUPPY DOG, SAM.
WILMA WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR HER KIND WORDS, FRIENDLY SMILE, WARM HEART AND OPEN EARS. A KIND AND LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER AND TREASURED FRIEND, SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2000, FROM 1:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2000, AT 11:00 A.M. AT POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WITH REVEREND JOHN IRWIN AND ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN HOPEWELL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, MONROE LAWSON, MIKE LAWSON, LARRY RICHARDS, DON DOUGLAS, EDMOND LIDELL AND TOM DEE.