Gloria Minnie Burton's Obituary
BURTON, GLORIA MINNIE born May 11, 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota passed away August 22, 2012 in Mesquite, Texas. She was a strong, independent woman whose main focus was taking care of her family. Gloria was preceded in death by her son, Chris Burton; granddaughter, Crystal Burton; brother, William Ratzlaff; sisters, Alvera and Dorothy. Gloria will be lovingly remembered by her children and grandchildren, sons, Robert Burton and wife Jennifer, Ervin Burton and wife Cynthia, Tommy Burton and wife Faye; daughters, Carol Meadors, Edith Swiney and husband Richard; and her grandchildren, Sophia Napier; Tracie Easen and husband Nick, Bobby Burton, Laura Stevens and husband Neil, Carrie Burton, Amanda Burton, Jason Burton, April Moon and husband Donald, Steve Johnson and wife Shelly, Eric Johnson and wife Ariceli, Amber Young, Brian Meadors and wife Lynda, Chris Swiney, Dean Swiney, Hailey Myers; step grandchildren, Justin Cook and Tad Cook;24 great grandchildren; 4 great great grandchildren. She also leaves brothers, Levi Ratzlaff of Alaska and David Ratzlaff of Minnesota; and sister, Eileen Durkee of Arizona. Services will be at 3:00pm Friday, August 24th at Restland Abbey Chapel with visitation one hour prior to the service in the Abbey. Interment will be at Restland Memorial Park immediately following the service.
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