Mr. Addie Elizabeth Burchett

Mansel R. Burchett, son of Francis Excelis and Addie Elizabeth Woods Burchett, was born Aug. 30, 1918, in Decatur County and died Sept. 3, 2003, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
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Mr. Burchett graduated from Grand River High school in 1936 and attended Simpson College at Indianola.He married Berniece Lavonnne Fullerton on Aug. 2, 1943, in Grand River.

Mr. Burchett taught in rural schools in Clarke County for five years before entering the United States Army in August of 1942.He served for two years in the anti-aircraft artillery and was stationed in Washington, D.C., and then was transferred into the 89th Indianhead Infantry Division, K Company as a squad leader in the European Theatre.After he was honorably discharged from the service he farmed north of Grand River until he moved to Creston and worked as a custodian for the Creston Community Schools.He continued to farm at nights and on weekends until he was 78.

Mr. Burchett was a member of the First Christian Church of Creston.