More detail on this person: Lake Forester (Lake
Forest, IL) - Thursday, August 5, 2004
Colonel George T. Burton, 87, of Lake Bluff died
July 20 in the V.A. Medical Center in North
Chicago.
Born Dec. 8, 1916 in Danville, Va., he served his
country with courage and dignity during World War
II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. After his
retirement from the Army in 1969, he continued
service to his community through his work at Great
Lakes Naval Base, and the Northwest Illinois
Council Boy Scouts of America.
He is survived by his son; Brad Burton of
Mundelein; two daughters, Betty Burton of Chapel
Hill, North Carolina and Linda Lange of Waukegan;
five grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held July 31 at the
Burnett-Dane Funeral Home LTD, Libertyville.
Interment was in Fort Sheridan Cemetery,
Highwood. Memorials may be made to the
Northeast Illinois Council Boy Scouts of America
in his memory.
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