Florence C. Briggs

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1942; World War II (US) Women's Air Force

Notes:

Mrs. Florence C. Burger of 70 Main St. died Friday (Apr. 2, 1976) in Noyes Memorial Hospital following a long illness. She was 74.

Mrs. Burger was born in Hornell but had lived most of her life in the Dansville area.

She was a retired employee of the Livingston County Department of Social Services

She was a veteran of World War II, serving with the Women's Air Force.

Mrs. Burger was a member of the Dansville United Methodist Church, Daniel Goho American Legion Post, Loyal Hearts Circle of the ME Church and the Sixty Plus or Minus Club of Dansville.

Surviving are a brother, Derwin Briggs of Arkport; nieces and nephews.

A service was conducted in the Chamberlin Funeral Home Sunday afternoon. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, South Dansville, with military rites conducted by Dansville Legionaires.

Those wishing may make contributions to the American Legion Memorial Cancer Fund. (GCE, April 8, 1976, p16.)

Family/Spouse: Milton Roy Burger. Milton (son of Charles Daniel Burger and Etta Mae Curry) was born on 24 May 1900 in Dansville, Steuben County, New York; died on 12 May 1969 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Rogersville Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dansville, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A funeral service was conducted yesterday for Robert M. Burger, 36, of 6 Liberty St., who was killed instantly in an auto crash near Warsaw early Sunday (Nov. 13, 1960) morning.

Burger, a World War II Navy veteran, was a passenger in a car driven by Warren Taylor, 31, of Gainesville which went out of control, rammed a tree and rolled over in the Wyoming County Hamlet of Eagle, about 2 a.m.

Taylor an another passenger, James Hoy, 32, of Warsaw are in Warsaw hospital where Hoy's condition is listed as "critical." He suffered a fracture skull and multiple lacerations in the smashup.

Taylor is recovering from severe facial and scalp lacerations, hospital officials reported. A fractured skull was listed as the cause of Burger's death.

The Rev. Bertram Croop officiated at the funeral service. Burial was in Wood Cemetery, Ossian, where military ceremonies were conducted by the Daniel Goho American Legion Post firing squad. (Genesee County Express, November 17, 1960, p1)

Robert married Mary Jane Weidman on 25 Aug 1951. Mary (daughter of Raymond Burrell Weidman and Addie Mary Linzy) was born on 15 Nov 1931 in Ossian, Livingston County, New York; died on 7 Feb 2019 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Wood Cemetery, Ossian, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]