Burns, Robert Joseph

Other Events:

• Marriage Status: Never Married
• 1920 Census: 1920, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, USA; Ed 124 page 4B
• Occupation: Bef 22 Nov 1929; Medical School Student
• Obituary: 23 Nov 1929; Freeport Journal Standard

Notes:

1920 Census:
At 275 Walnut St.; Listed livi ng with parents age 14

Occupation:
Medical School Student

Obituary:
See Image Robert Joseph Burns, oldest son of Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Burns, 809 South LIb erty Ave., passed away at five o'clock this morning at the family residen ce following an illness extending over a year, death being caused by acu te dilatation of the heart. The death of Robert Burns is attended with unu sual sadness. Ambitious, studious, unafraid of work, Robert was in sig ht of a goal - the degree of doctor of medicine - towards which he had be en laboring when through over-exertion he was stricken with heart disea se while at work in Yellowstone Park. The high altitude played it's pa rt in aggravating the strained heart. He had but one more year to comple te his studies. Instead, because of his illness, he was forced to beco me a patient, trying to recuperat his health. He knew his symptoms and tal ked them over calmly with his father realizing all to well the seriousne ss of them.Robert Joseph Burns was born September the fifteenth, 1905 in this city. A fter attending St. Mary's school and graduating from Freeport High scho ol he entered the University of Illinois, completing the pre medical educa tion as an honor student. He contined as a medical student of the Universi ty of Illinois at Chicago and had his health permitted, would have graduat ed in medicine with the class of 1928. He was a member of the Omega Be ta Pi and Alpha Kappa Kappa, a medical fraternity. He is survived by his p arents; three sisters, Mary C. Burns R.N.; Marjorie Burns of this city, a nd Sister M. Robertine of Sinsinawa Mound; two brothers Edward M and Jo hn Burns, Freeport.