Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

Beatrice Burns

March 16, 1902 – June 9, 1985

Beatrice Burns, 84, of Meridian Nursing Center-Cardinal, died at 9am Sunday in the nursing home.

She was born March 16, 1901, in Spencer IN, and moved to South Bend in 1922 from Fowler.  On April 25, 1933, in Fowler, as Beatrice Sunesac, she married Patrick N. Burns.  He died in 1960.

She is survived by two sisters, Lola Kendell of Wolcott IN and Viola Graske of Los Angeles; a brother, Delbert Sunesac of Reynolds IN; and two nephews, Eldon E. Senour and Donald P. Cottrell, both of South Bend.

Services will be at 10am Tuesday in St Anthony de Padua Catholic Church.  Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger.

Friends may call one hour prior to services Tuesday in the Hollis-Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue.  She was a member of the church.