Lilly Mae Burgess

Lilly Mae Burgess was born September 5, 1919, to Albert and Birdie Lumley Hinz in Pleasant Prairie Township, Martin County. She grew up in the East Chain area and married Clifford Burgess in the late 1930s. The couple lived in Fairmont and Lilly worked at Whitefeather Hatchery and Stokley-VanKamp Processing Plant and babysat. She moved to Albert Lea in the 1960s and lived with her son and daughter-in-law for 10 years. While in Albert Lea, Lilly provided day care for several families and worked at the West Side Laundry. She enjoyed crocheting, embroidery, sewing, doing puzzles, gardening, and riding her bicycle. Survivors include her children, Roger Nancy Burgess and Allan Sharol Burgess, all of Albert Lea; grandchildren: Larry Rhonda Burgess, Brenda Bergstrom, and Wayne Burgess; great-grandchildren, Jesse Burgess and Amber Bergstrom; sister, Laverna Nelson of Arkansas; and many nieces and nephews. Lilly was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clifford; brother, Bill Hinz; and sisters, Marie Williams and Dotty Donald Sand. Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers