Virginia R. “Ginny” Burrus

Burrus, Virginia R. “Ginny”, 81, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, died Monday, September 22, 2008. Rosary 7:00 P.M., Thursday, September 25 and Funeral Mass 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 26, both at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Ginny was born January 3, 1927 and was raised in St. Louis. She graduated from Webster College. While she was a student she worked summers as a legal secretary at the Department of Agriculture during World War II. At that time, the Federal Government offices were decentralized for protection against bombings. After graduation, she moved to Washington, DC and worked again in the legal department of the Department of Agriculture. She married C. David Burrus in 1949 while living in Washington, DC. They moved to Wichita, Daves hometown, where their five children were born and raised. Ginny is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, David; children, Linda Burrus Sutera (Jerry), Kevin (Shelly), Mike (Kathy), Susie Burrus Sundberg (Robert) and Brian (Susan); grandchildren, Shawna Wright (Matt), Annie Sutera, Sam Sutera, Ryan Burrus (Jenny), Phillip Burrus, Kelly Long (Brian), Casey Burrus, Scott Burrus, Eric Burrus (Tracy), Jennifer Burnett, Todd Burrus, Adam Burrus, Matt Sundberg, Ben Burrus, Mark Burrus and Patrick Burrus. She is also survived by 8 great-grandchildren. Ginny was preceded in death by her parents, Margaret Short and Charles A. Rosenthal and her brother, Charles A. Rosenthal, Jr. of Rogers, AR. Memorials have been established with Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 124 N. Roosevelt, Wichita, KS, 67208, Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, KS, 67202 and Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, 8506 E. Central, Wichita, KS, 67206. Downing Lahey Mortuary East. Rosary 7:00 P.M., Thursday, September 25 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.