Monday, September 9, 2013

Jonch Allen Burtrum (September 7, 2013)

Funeral services for Jonch Allen Burtrum, 63, of Jamestown, TN will be held Wednesday, September 11 at 10 am (EST) at Friendship Community Church in New Paris, Ohio with ministers Dennis Riffell and Phillip Garbig officiating.

Singing will be by Karen Spencer and Edna Jo Cook. Burial will follow in Friendship Community Church Cemetery.

Mr. Burtrum passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN.

He was born December 24, 1949 in Fentress County, to the late William Henry and Edna Mae (Linder) Burtrum.

Mr. Burtrum worked for General Motors with over 30 years of service. He moved back to Jamestown in 2003.

He cherished and respected all women and had compassion for children and people that were down on their luck. He also loved to hunt and fish.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Mr. Burtrum is survived by two sons, William G. Burtrum and wife Marion of New Madison, OH and Jonch Leewallace Burtrum and wife Angie of Texas; two stepdaughters, Kei`anna Keefer and Teasha Stephens both of Jamestown; five brothers and a sister-in-law, Jake and Cheri Burtrum of Miamisburg, OH, Willie Burtrum and Jim Burtrum both of Jamestown, TN, Eugene Linder of Statesville, NC and Jimmy Conatser of Muncie, IN; four sisters and a brothers-in-law, Virginia Tipton of Greenville, OH, Pauline and Nelson Sipes and Nancy Parker of Statesville, NC and Geneva and Ora Davidson of New Madison, OH and close friends, Peggy Beaty and Robert Brown.

Local arrangements have been entrusted with the Oliver-Floyd Funeral Home in Greenville.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.oliverfloyd.com