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LEWIS M. BURROWS

Lewis Marion Burrows, 78, of Grants Pass died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home. Contributions may be made to the Disabled Veterans of America, Adjutant Ed Mazza, 120 Tenney Dr., Rogue River, OR 97537.

Burrows was born Nov. 4, 1924, in Mitchell, S.D., and attended Custer High School in Custer, S.D.

He served in the U.S. Army 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne, Company A, as a demolition expert. He jumped on D-day in the invasion of Normandy. He was wounded in action on the third day and was captured by the Germans. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge for Normandy.

In 1950, he earned a bachelor's degree in history and education from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 1966, he earned his master's degree in education from the same college. He taught in Arvada, Colo., and Westminster, Colo., for 30 years. He taught both junior and senior high school, but spent a majority of his tenure teaching the sixth grade at Westminster Hills Elementary. He ended his teaching career after eight years of instructing in the Westminster High Vocational Center. He was a master brick layer and stone mason.

In 1957, he moved his family to Broomfield, Colo. He was elected to the Broomfield City Council in November of 1969 and served until July of 1983, when he resigned and moved to Grants Pass.

Survivors include a son, David Burrows of Seattle; three daughters, Jill Burrows-Berge of Grants Pass, and Laurel and Lynne Burrows, both of Denver. His wife, Pat, and two sons, Tom and Steve, died before him.

[Published in Grants Pass Daily Courier, Tuesday, December 17, 2002]


(courtesy of Carol Swensen)

Grave marker for Lewis M. Burrows in Section 26a Site 317 of the Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver (Denver county), Colorado.

Pvt Burrows was transferred from the Parachute School, Ft. Benning GA to Company A, 508th PIR on 31 Oct 1943 while the regiment was posted to Camp Mackall, NC.

He was wounded in action on 17 June 1944 and evacuated to a field hospital and did not return to the unit.

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