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Kenneth R. (Whitie) Burns, Sr., was born on 6 April 1929.¹ He died on 20 January 2013, at age 83, in Paonia, Delta, Colorado.¹

Kenneth R. Whitie Burns

Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:00 am

Hotchkiss resident Kenneth R. Whitie Burns, 83, died on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 at the Paonia Care and Rehabilitation Center in Paonia, Colo. A celebration of Whities life will be held in the spring. (To be announced at a later date). Whitie is survived by two sons, Kenney (Teresa) Burns of Hotchkiss and Karl (Joetta) Burns of Paonia; two daughters, Susan (Dave) Miller of Buena Vista, Colo. and Sandra (Nevil) Speer of Smiths Grove, Ky.; one brother, AJ (Janice) Burns of Adams, Ore.; and a sister, Pat Posey of Claremore, Okla. He is further survived by six grandchildren: Klayton (Sonya) Burns of Tifton, Ga., Kacie Burns of Paonia, Colo., Danny Shuss, of Canon City, Colo., Brandi Miller of Colorado Springs, Colo., Codi Miller of Buena Vista, Colo. and Lydia Speer of Smiths Grove, Ky.; and four great-grandchildren of Tifton, Ga.? A scholarship fund in memory of Whitie Burns is being set up through the Hotchkiss Elks BPOE #1807 and donations can be made through the Clem Audin Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 96, Hotchkiss, CO 81419. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory.