Carol Virginia Page Burton, age 94, passed away at AdventHealth Hospice of Central Florida on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 after a short illness. Los Osos Valley Memorial Park in Los Osos, California will be her place of interment.
Mrs. Burton was born in Curtis, Nebraska, on May 12,1926, the only child of Philipp and Amorette Page. She attended schools in Nebraska and graduated from the Franklin High School, Franklin, Nebraska in 1944, at which time the Page family moved to San Luis Obispo, California.
Mrs. Burton attended the San Luis Obispo Junior College and the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1948 with a degree in Early Childhood Education. She was employed as a kindergarten teacher by the Ventura County Public Schools from 1948 to 1950.
In 1947 Carol married Thomas Burton. In order for Thomas to attend veterinary school, the couple relocated to Davis, California, where Mrs. Burton operated a children’s daycare center for several years. In 1958 the family moved to Lompoc, California, where Mrs. Burton enjoyed her life as homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She and Tom were members of Calvary Baptist Church.
Following the death of Tom, her husband of sixty years, Carol moved to Altamonte Springs, Florida, where she resided from October 2009 until the time of her death.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Katherine and Phil Robertson of Altamonte Springs, Florida; daughter, Diane Heath of Bend, Oregon; son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Norma Burton of Danbury, Connecticut; son, James D. Burton of Lodi, California; and four grandchildren, Phyllis Hunsucker, Alexis Heath, Leslie Burton and Tab Burton and nine great-grandchildren. Carol was predeceased by her granddaughter Leetra Robertson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Northern Santa Barbara County, PO. Box 342, Santa Maria, CA 93456.
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