BURGESS,Delano “Dee” Reid, 84, went to his heavenly home, Thursday night, December 31, 2009.
He was a native of Freedom, KY in Barren County. He worked at Joseph E. Seagram & Son Distillery for 38 years.
He is predeceased by an infant daughter, Cheryl Anne; his parents, Darse Burgess and Ava Chambers Burgess; three brothers, Edward, Cyrus and Cleba Burgess; and 2 sisters, Vaudine Burkes and Imogene Burgess.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Anna Mildred “Millie” Cecil Burgess; three sons, Kenneth (Paula), Kevin (April) and Keith (Barbara) Burgess, all of Louisville; four daughters, Carmel McNeese (Travis) of Shepherdsville, KY, Cheryl Marie Fiorita (Rick), of Knoxville, TN, Carol Ballinger of Birmingham, AL and Cindy Brown of Louisville.
He is also survived by two brothers, Basil Burgess of Louisville and Lee Burgess (Louise) of Lebanon, KY; sister, Jane Forbes of Fairbury, IL; 11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be Sunday, January 3 at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway, from 9am-12pm & 2pm-9pm. Funeral service will be 10am Monday at Incarnation Catholic Church, 2229 Lower Hunters Trace. Burial will be in St. Andrews Cemetery on St. Anthony Church Road.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Sts. Mary & Elizabeth, The Franciscan Health Center and Hosparus for the kindness and care they gave Dee. “We are very grateful.”
The family requests that expressions of sympathy be donated to Hosparus of Louisville.