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John Cooke Pearthree, Jr., was born on 21 December 1931 in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey.² He died on 28 February 2001, at age 69, in Harrington, Kent, Delaware.^1,2

Mary Joann Witt was born on 16 January 1931 in Dansville, Ingham, Michigan.^2,1 She and Howard George Burgess were married on 20 August 1949 in Dansville, Ingham, Michigan.³ She died on 18 October 2018, at age 87.¹

Mary "Joann" Burgess. 87, of Holt, formerly Dansville, passed away October 18, 2018. She was born Januray 19, 1931 in Dansville, MI the daughter of Paris Henry and Mary Ellen (Swan) Witt.

Joannn was a devoted Mother and housewife. She enjoyed going to the Sam Corey Senior Center in Holt, playing cards and reading. She especially enjoyed watching her grandchildren and great-grandchilden growing up and attending their school events and sports.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Howard G, Burgess; and brother, Gary D. Witt. Surviving are her one daughter, Karen Wall; 7 sons, Joseph, Ronald (Barbara), Edward (Susan), Douglas (Jeannie), Gordon, Scott (Barbra) and Neal (Leigh) Burgess; 18 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Nancy (Ted) Miller, Janice (Jerry) Ried; brother-in-law, Dale (Edna) Burgess; many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Please join her family for a gathering on Tuedsay, October 23, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes Mason Chapel, 621 S. Jefferson St., Mason, MI 48854.

The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Sam Corey senior Center, 2108 Cedar St. Holt, MI 48842, Hospice of Lansing, 3186 Pine Tree Rd., Lansing, MI 48911, or to a charity of one's choice in memory of Mary Joann Burgess.

On-line condolences may be made at www.grbdmason.com.

Howard George Burgess was born on 30 October 1923 in Darlington, Lafayette, Wisconsin.² He and Mary Joann Witt were married on 20 August 1949 in Dansville, Ingham, Michigan.³ He died on 15 December 2006, at age 83, in Holt, Ingham, Michigan.^2,1 He was buried on 19 December 2006 in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia.⁴

Virginia (?) was born about 1910 in Franklin, Sussex, New Jersey.¹ She and James Erwin Pettit were married about 1930.¹ She died after 30 April 1930.