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Donald Burnett
DONALD BURNETT
Iowa City
Donald Burnett, 86, longtime Iowa City resident, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Lone Tree Health Care Center.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with the Very Rev. Rudolph Juarez officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, where a rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Graveside committal with military honors will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in St. Peter's Cemetery, Cosgrove.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family of Shirley Burnett or to Hospice Compassus.
Born Dec. 2, 1930, in Iowa City, the son of Nova and Esther Kinny Burnett, Don was raised in Iowa City and graduated from Cosgrove High School. He was a corporal and a demolition specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1952 to 1960. On May 18, 1957, Don married Shirley Donohoe at St. Patrick's Church.
He was a dedicated route salesman for Coca-Cola and Wonder Bread for many years. He later worked at City Service Gas Station.
He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church for over 50 years, and after moving to Lone Tree in 2006, he and Shirley were members of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lone Tree.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley; their seven children: Kathy (Steve) Sternad of Austin, Texas, Marge (Tab) Ray of Waverly, Tim (Rita) Burnett of Coralville, Mary Burnett of Streamwood, Ill., Linda Sandhu of Eagle River, Alaska, Phyllis (Tammy) Burnett of Cedar Rapids and Diane (Andy) Cooper of Austin; 11 grandchildren: Matthew (Jenny) Sternad, Katie (Tom) Barnett, Jasper (Karen) Ray, Kelsey (Garrett) Christeson, Whitney Burnett, Travis Burnett, Alexis Hendershot, Kimberly (Josh) Sandhu-Cox, Michaeljit Sandhu, Luke Cooper and Ashlea Cooper; five great-grandchildren: Steven, Sadie, Harper, Hadley and Elin; and his sister, Joann Rohr of Moline, Ill.
Don was preceded in death by his parents; his mother- and father-in-law; his sister, Betty Rohret; his brother-in-law, Thomas Rohret; his nephew, Larry Rohret; and his grandson, Anthony Michael Hendershot.
Online condolences may be made at www.lensingfuneral.com.
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