Burton Odell

Burton Odell, 99, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, February 25, 2019. Memorial Mass: 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 1, 2019, at All Saints Catholic Church with Reverend Father Kevin Odell, and Reverend Father John R. Flaherty officiating. Visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment with Military Honors at a later date at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids. Surviving are his three children, Leslie Konicek of Cedar Rapids, Reverend Father Kevin Odell of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Doctor Mark (Mary) Odell of Muscatine; sister, Joan Kimball of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; brother, David Burke of Cedar Rapids; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Burton Wesley was born November 2, 1919, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Burney and Molly (Schumacher) Odell. After high school graduation, he served in the U.S. Army in the European theatre of World War II, from 1942 to August 1945. On his return, he moved to Cedar Rapids to work for a lumberyard. He met Mary Barbara Burke at the YMCA she was working at, and was smitten. On April 26, 1947, they were married at Saint Matthew Catholic Church. They spent 43 happy years together before her death in 1990. Later, in the second part of his career, he traveled for a sales job with Rock Island Millwork, retiring in 1985. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and brothers-in-law, Martin Burke, and Wallace Kimball.