Burdette Arnold Reinert

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Stories heard over the years. Burdette lied about his age to join the service. He had a horrible childhood. His father had really treated him and Carter badly. He worked on the Panama Canal and the Hoover Dam as did Carter. When Burdette came home on leave one time, he found a building on fire and a child inside. He saved the child and burned his face. Once playing canasta cards on a New Years Eve on Roanoke, Burdette accidently burned Lorrie's arm with his cigarette..

IThe memorial card states the death date was the 9 November 1970. ler

Obituary: Burdette Reinert Burdette Reinert, 58, of 726 Charles St., died Monday at Copley Memorial Hospital. He was born March 6, 1912, in Aurora. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Doreen Anderson Reinert; three sones, Richard of Aurora, Robert of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. and Gerald with the United States Navy at Great Lakes; a brother Carter of Sumner, Ill.' two sisters, Mrs. Harold (Vina) Schlindwein of Aurora and Mrs. Ray (Mary Ellen) Peirce of Oswego; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church; The Tiger Club, and the International Association of Manufacturing, Co., Mr. Reinert was a former composing room employee of the Beacon News. Complete funeral arrangements will be announced by Dieterle Memorial Home where friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Contributions may be made to the Bethel Community Baptist Church Building Fund.