John Burris Truro

John David Burris, 78, of Truro died Aug. 28, 2015, at Southern Hills Specialty Care in Osceola.

Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Aug. 31, 2015, at Kale Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Osceola. Interment was in New Virginia Cemetery. Memorials are to be determined by his family later. Online condolences may be left at www.kalefuneralhome.com.

John Burris, son of Virgil Albertus Burris and Lavone Annaline (Reid) Burris, was born June 9, 1937, in Fayette.

John attended Bradgate schools and graduated in 1955. He spent four years in the U.S. Air Force where he worked as an aircraft electrician on F-86’s and 102 Fighter planes at Webb Air Force Base, Texas with the 331st Fighter Squadron.

On May 9th, 1957, John married Ramona Mary Miller in Rolfe.

John worked in the Kansas City area at Richard Gebauer A.F.B. for several years as a machinist and electrical technician for the F.A.A. Later he moved back to Iowa and worked for the Des Moines Municipal Airport. John was a member of the NRA and American Legion.

John is survived by his wife Mona; daughters, Jonna (Brian) Mitchell of New Virginia and Jacqueline Burris (Doug Wilmarth) of Thornton, Colo.; son Shawn (Heidi) Burris of Osceola; son-in-law Skip Zey of Osage Beach, Mo.; grandchildren, Jason (Alanah) Mitchell, Jill (Tom) Koch, Dustin and Andy Zey and Joni Burris; great-grandchildren Clover and Renn Mitchell and Oliver Koch; brothers, Virgil(Janice) Burris of Hershey, Neb. and Robert (Mary) Burris of Moorland; brother-in-law Robert Zeman of Bradgate and many nieces and nephews.

John was preceded in death by his parents; daughter Lisa Zey; son Andy Burris and sister Karen Zeman.