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Lillian Burnside
LILLIAN ELIZABETH BURNSIDE
Central City
Lillian Elizabeth Burnside, 97, of Central City, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2021, at Bickford in Marion. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 24, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City. Funeral service: 11 a.m. Friday, June 25, at SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, rural Monticello. The casket will be closed at the church. Graveside service: 2:30 p.m. Friday at Mount Clark Cemetery, rural Central City.
Lillian was born Sept. 27, 1923, the daughter of Alfred and Marie (Jensen) Fobian. She graduated from New Hartford High School and attended American Business College in Des Moines, Iowa, for one year. She started her working career in offices in Waterloo and then at an insurance office in Chicago, Ill., for six years. Lillian then moved to Cedar Rapids and worked eight years at Collins Radio. After raising her family, she returned to Rockwell Collins for many years, retiring in October 1997. On May 31, 1958, Lillian was united in marriage to Howard Burnside. She was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in rural Monticello, where she was a former Sunday school teacher. Lillian was a member of the Piece Maker Sewing Club and a former member of RWO. She also enjoyed being a 4-H leader.
Lillian is survived by her three daughters, Jeanne (Peter) Pflughaupt, Julie (David) Edgerly, both of Central City, and Joni Erickson (Darren Olson) of Parker, Colo.; eight grandchildren, Brett (DeGwen) Pflughaupt, Greg (Leigh) Pflughaupt, Valeri (Deacon) Schlotterbeck, Trent (Lindsey) Fiechtner, Vanessa Fiechtner, Spencer Erickson, Jordan Erickson and Stacie (Nick) Earle; six great-grandchildren, Matthew and Madyson Pflughaupt, Chloe and Cody Pflughaupt, Kinzley Luedeman, and Saylor Fiechtner; and brother, Lee Fobian of Caney, Kan.
Lillian was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Howard, in September 2016; two sisters, Irene "Mickey" Kotaska and Edna "Penny" Weston; and two brothers, Kenny Fobian and Darryl Fobian.
In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in Lillian's memory.
Please share a memory of Lillian at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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