Donald Leroy BURCH ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

IA, DELAYED BIRTH RECORDS, 1856-1940:
Name: Donald Leroy Burch
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Sep 1907
Birth Place: Battle Creek, Ida, Iowa, USA
Father: George Welington Burch
Mother: Sara Jane Kearns

FATHER'S OBIT, 1937: His son, Donald Burch, was in the US Navy, San Diego, CA.

WASHINGTON D.C., MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1810-1953:
Name: Donald Leroy Burch
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Birth Date: abt 1908
Marriage Date: 11 May 1942
Marriage Place: District of Columbia, USA
Spouse:Dorothy Lucile Thompson
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1923
Film Number: 002293624

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name: Donald Leroy Burch
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 36
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 11 Sep 1907
Birth Place: Battle Creek, Iowa
Residence Place:Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1944
Registration Place: Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Employer: Unemployed
Weight: 140
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 8
Next of Kin: Mrs. Lucille Burch (wife)

1960 KS CITY CENSUS, Levenworth:
Donald L. Burch, 52;
Dorothy L. Burch, 36.

OBIT OF SARAH BURCH, 1952: Her son, Donald L. Burch, was living 932 E. Stone, Independence, IA.

DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BIRLS DEATH FILE, 1850-2010:
Name: Donald Burch
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Sep 1907
Death Date: 5 Jan 1979
SSN: 497261639
Enlistment Date 1: 5 Jul 1927
Release Date 1: 4 Jul 1931
Branch 2: UNK
Enlistment Date 2: 16 Jul 1934
Release Date 2: 21 Jan 1944

SSDI: Donald Burch; b. Sep 11, 1907; d. Jan 1979; issued MO; last residence: Independence, Jackson Co, MO.

OBIT: Independence Examiner (MO), Monday, January 8, 1979 - Donald L. Burch - Donald Leroy Burch, 71, Sugar Creek, died Friday at Veterans Hospital.
He was born in Battle Creek, Iowa, and lived in this area for 64 years. Mr. Burch served 17 years in the Navy as a chief machinist's mate and retired in 1945 after his service in World War II.
He was employed as a nursing assistant 20 years at Wadsworth Veterans Hospital and retired in 1962. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Dorothy L. Burch of the home.
Services were today at Carson Independence Chapel, with burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. (Obit provided by Patti Combs.)

INFO FROM PATTIE COMBS: His death notice says the same thing, except gives his address as 554 Carlyle Drive, Sugar Creek, MO.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Donald LeRoy Burch
Birth Date: 11 Sep 1907
Death Date: 5 Jan 1979
Cemetery: Mound Grove Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Spouse:Dorothy L Burch

Donald married Dorothy Lucile THOMPSON on 11 May 1942 in Washington D.C..¹ (Dorothy Lucile THOMPSON was born on 20 Jul 1923 in Odessa Lafayette Co, MO,^{8 9} died on 8 Nov 1996 ^{8 9} and was buried in Mound Grove Cem, Independence, Jackson Co, IA ⁸.)