Barbara Arvilla (Burwell) Daffer

Barbara Arvilla Daffer, 85 of Wilber died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln.

She was born May 6, 1922 in Ponca City, OK to Robert and Ruth (Mills) Burwell. She attended school in Denver and was a navy wife to Clarke Burgess and were on their honeymoon when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Barbara had lived in Wilber the last four years. She loved her family, helping children, cooking, sewing, flowers especially lilacs and gardening.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Sandra Anderson, and brothers and sisters, Earl Burwell, Leonard Burwell, Pearl (Burwell) Hart and Billy Burwell.

Survivors include two sons, Curt Burgess and wife, Cathy, of Riverside, CA and Ronald Burgess and wife, Elizabeth, of San Francisco, CA; brother and sisters: Clifton Burwell and wife, Ginette, of North Ridge, CA, Delores Bailey Burwell of Ellisville, MO and Darlene Lostis and husband, Bill of Joplin, MO; son-in-law, Lonnie Anderson and wife, Peg, of McCook; seven grandchildren, Tara Dunn of Lincoln, Nicole Geisinger and husband, Paul, of Oklahoma City, OK, Christine Matheny and husband, Paul, of Junction City, KS, Branwen Burgess and Megan Burgess both of San Francisco, CA, Joseph Fricke of San Jose, CA and Jacob Burgess of Los Angeles, CA; one great-granddaughter, Savanah Dunn and one great-grandson, Randy Matheny.

Memorials were to be given in her name.

Funeral services were Thursday November 8th at 11 a.m. at the Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook with Rev. Dr. Jeff Thurman officiating. Burial took place in Calvary Cemetery.

Carpenter Breland Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.