Lemuel "Red" Burklund, 80, of Warsaw, died at 6:03 a.m. Jan. 9, 2011, in Mason Health and Rehab, Warsaw.
He was born Jan. 19, 1930, in Ford County, Ill., to Carl Samuel and Alice B. Ramsey Burklund.
In 1947, he graduated from Paxton (Ill.) Community High School. He worked on his father's farm until enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1951. He received his commission as 2nd lieutenant in August 1952, and then served in Korea from 1953-55. He was then reassigned as 1st lieutenant in 1956. He settled in Denver, Colo., and took a job transfer to Houston, Texas, living in the town of Fresno, Texas. He served as a Texas state certified volunteer fire chief and EMT for seven years.
Surviving is a sister, Sue Burklund, Ballwin, Mo.
Services will be at a later date in Paxton. Burial will be at a later date.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw, is in charge of arrangements.
