Esther F. Burger, 78, of Carrollton, died on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. She was born on May 19, 1930, in Jerseyville, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Verna McDade Baker. She married Gerald Burger on Oct. 4, 1947, in Carrollton, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 30, 1994.
Surviving are three daughters, Bonna Bartz of Jacksonville, Brenda (husband, Dan) Young of Roodhouse and Shirley Ratliff of Carrollton; two sons, Kevin Burger of White Hall and Mike (wife, Sandy) Burger of Franklin; nine grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nine stepgreat-grandchildren; and four sisters, Phyllis Vahle of Alton, Barb Howland of Carrollton, Wanda Hall of Carrollton and Eileen Hardwick of Jerseyville. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; an infant son, Steven; a sister, Evelyn Hardwick; a brother, Clayton Baker; and a son-in-law, Don Bartz.
She was a member of Believers' Baptist Church. She had worked as a cook at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Carrollton for 10 years and as a janitor for the Carrollton Presbyterian Church.
Services were entrusted to Airsman-Hires Funeral Home of Carrollton, Illinois.
Surviving are three daughters, Bonna Bartz of Jacksonville, Brenda (husband, Dan) Young of Roodhouse and Shirley Ratliff of Carrollton; two sons, Kevin Burger of White Hall and Mike (wife, Sandy) Burger of Franklin; nine grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nine stepgreat-grandchildren; and four sisters, Phyllis Vahle of Alton, Barb Howland of Carrollton, Wanda Hall of Carrollton and Eileen Hardwick of Jerseyville. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; an infant son, Steven; a sister, Evelyn Hardwick; a brother, Clayton Baker; and a son-in-law, Don Bartz.
She was a member of Believers' Baptist Church. She had worked as a cook at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Carrollton for 10 years and as a janitor for the Carrollton Presbyterian Church.
Services were entrusted to Airsman-Hires Funeral Home of Carrollton, Illinois.
Esther F. Burger, 78, of Carrollton, died on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. She was born on May 19, 1930, in Jerseyville, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Verna McDade Baker. She married Gerald Burger on Oct. 4, 1947, in Carrollton, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 30, 1994.
Surviving are three daughters, Bonna Bartz of Jacksonville, Brenda (husband, Dan) Young of Roodhouse and Shirley Ratliff of Carrollton; two sons, Kevin Burger of White Hall and Mike (wife, Sandy) Burger of Franklin; nine grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nine stepgreat-grandchildren; and four sisters, Phyllis Vahle of Alton, Barb Howland of Carrollton, Wanda Hall of Carrollton and Eileen Hardwick of Jerseyville. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; an infant son, Steven; a sister, Evelyn Hardwick; a brother, Clayton Baker; and a son-in-law, Don Bartz.
She was a member of Believers' Baptist Church. She had worked as a cook at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Carrollton for 10 years and as a janitor for the Carrollton Presbyterian Church.
Services were entrusted to Airsman-Hires Funeral Home of Carrollton, Illinois.
Surviving are three daughters, Bonna Bartz of Jacksonville, Brenda (husband, Dan) Young of Roodhouse and Shirley Ratliff of Carrollton; two sons, Kevin Burger of White Hall and Mike (wife, Sandy) Burger of Franklin; nine grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nine stepgreat-grandchildren; and four sisters, Phyllis Vahle of Alton, Barb Howland of Carrollton, Wanda Hall of Carrollton and Eileen Hardwick of Jerseyville. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; an infant son, Steven; a sister, Evelyn Hardwick; a brother, Clayton Baker; and a son-in-law, Don Bartz.
She was a member of Believers' Baptist Church. She had worked as a cook at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Carrollton for 10 years and as a janitor for the Carrollton Presbyterian Church.
Services were entrusted to Airsman-Hires Funeral Home of Carrollton, Illinois.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
