Anna Burgess

Anna Louise Kell Burgess, 91, died March 25, 2005 in Topeka. She will be remembered as a devoted, loving mother and wife and a couregous supportive advocate for all her family and friends. She was born December 4, 1913 in Salina, Kansas to Joseph Foster Kell and Martha Emma Mitchel Kell. She married Turner “Pete” Burgess March 1, 1941 in Lawrence, KS. He preceded her in death on May 30, 2004. Anna graduated from KU in 1935 as the Vice-President of her class. She also attended Simmons College in Boston and graduated with a Masters Degree from Emporia State. Anna worked in Personnel Management for Sears Robuck and Co. in Tulsa, OK and Chicago, IL. She was a homemaker and avid gardner. After raising four children she returned to work. She was a Social Worker for Shawnee County Adoption Services, Kansas Neurological Institute, and Kansas Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Anna was a member of Westside Christian Church, Nederland Community Presbyterian Church, Nederland, CO, Kansas Genealogical Society, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, a former scout leader and Sunday school teacher. Mrs. Burgess is survived by her daughters; Mary Ann Burgess Reiser and her husband Cliff, Marysville, OH, Kathryn Louise “Kay” Burgess Oyler and her husband John, Topeka, a son; Joseph Kell Burgess and his wife Janie Floyd, Gunnison, CO. Grandchildren; Jessica Kathryn Stormann, Topeka, Zachary Patrick Blaser and his wife Christa, Allentown, PA, Jacob Christian Reiser and his wife Mea, Mechanicsburg, OH, Anna Louise Oyler, Topeka, Micaelah Floyd and Carsen Floyd, Gunnison, CO. Great-grandchildren; Adam Michael Bellinder, Overland Park, KS, Rebecca Kathryn Stormann, Topeka, Cole Christian Reiser, Mechanicsburg, OH. Brother; Dr. Joseph Foster Kell, Jr., Vienna, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother; Raymond Mitchel Kell, son; Stephen Turner Burgess. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 pm Sunday at Aldersgate Village, Wesley Hall. Funeral service will be held 11:00 am Monday at Westside Christian Church, burial will be at 3:00 pm at Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery, Winchester, KS. Memorial contributions may be made to Heart of American Hospice, 3715 SW 29th, Topeka, KS 66614 and National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 112 SW 6th Ave, Topeka, KS 66603.

Anna Burgess

December 4, 1913 - March 25, 2005