"Ron sorry to here of the passing of your mother. My thoughts and prayers are with your family!"
In loving memory of
Almerinda "Marie" Burnett
July 4, 1923 - January 27, 2012
Almerinda M. "Marie" Burnett, 88, of Keokuk, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at River Hills Village.
Marie was born July 4, 1923, in Bristol, Rhode Island, the daughter of Anthony and Mary Mederios Almeida. She married Melvin Burnett on June 15, 1949, in Ft. Madison.
Marie was a member of New Testament Christian Church. In addition to being a homemaker, Marie and Melvin were agents for the Iowa Parcel Post and had a star mail route.
Marie is survived by her husband, Melvin of Keokuk, Iowa; two sons, Arthur Almeida and his wife Mary, of Bristol, Rhode Island, and Ronald Burnett and his wife Connie of Des Moines, Iowa; one daughter, Becky Robbins of Ames, Iowa; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; six sisters, Rose Putt of Buffalo, New York, Betty Sentell of Jacksonville, Florida, Irene Savage of Waukegan, Illinois, Katherine Bradley of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Florence Allen and Evelyn Nappi of Bristol, Rhode Island; two brothers, Virgil Almeida of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and George Almeida of Bristol, Rhode Island.
She was preceded in death by her parents and sixteen brothers and sisters.
Funeral service will be Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 1:00 pm at DeJong-Greaves Celebration of Life Center at 917 Blondeau Street with Brother Bill Hauser officiating.
No visitation is planned.
Tributes
"It was my pleasure to care for Miss Almerinda several times over the past few months. She was always one of my favorites! I keep you all in thought and prayer now, as the loss of a wife and mother stings... Love and prayers, Nurse Melissa"
"To Mel and family, I am so sorry for your loss. Nancy McDonnell"
"I remember Marie from all of the times I came to your house to play with Becky. My parents and both of you spent many a times visiting and playng cards. Marie was a wonderful lady and will be missed by all. Don & Alicia (Davis) Murphy and Dorothy Davis."
"I remember Marie from when I was in junior high...all the way up through high school...as their daughter Becky and I were very good friends. One of my fondest memories was one winter Mel used their van to pull an old car hood Bill Goldie had got....on the snowy roads out at Rand Park...we had a ball on that hood...in the snow...Mel pulled us on that hood every night...and when we were done....or actually too cold to continue...we would go back to their house...the last house on Fulton street and Marie would have hot chocolate made for us....what a sweet lady she was. I'm very sorry for your loss."