Avon Rae Cochran Burgess

AVON RAE COCHRAN BURGESS

Auburn, Calif.

Avon Rae Cochran Burgess, local realtor, wife and grandmother, gently passed away Thursday, October 29, 2020, in Auburn, Placer County, California, at the age of 85.

Avon was born to Vaun and Pearl Cochran on May 30, 1935, in Wellman, Iowa.

She loved her Midwest upbringing and was extremely proud that she attended and graduated from Mount Pleasant Iowa High, where she met and married her high school sweetheart, Donald Eugene Burgess May 16, 1953, in Monmouth, Illinois.

In Avon's professional life, she trained to be an executive secretary for IBM, an achievement that she was quite proud of. It was this opportunity which had her moving to California and raising her family in the city of Folsom. At the age of 42, she changed her profession and earned her Realtor/Brokers License and stayed in real estate until her retirement in 2018. She served the greater Sacramento area for 42 years.

Avon joined the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in 2007. She was an original member of the Gold Trail Chapter in Roseville, CA, and more recently a member of the Captain John Oldham Chapter in Auburn. Her hobbies were her family lineage, singing, reading and exercising body and mind.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Pearl and Vaun Cochran; her beloved husband, Donald E. Burgess; her granddaughter, Kendra Burgess Webb; and siblings, Ellen French, Phyllis Roche, Roger Cochran and Malcolm Cochran.

She is survived by her five kids and their families: Cindie and Terry Eberhardt; Bruce and Sonia Burgess, Shannon and Ryan Jolley, Braylin and Aya, Brianne and Keith Szolusha, Axel, Phoenix and Rubix; Steve and Ginny Burgess, Easton and Layla Webb, Casey and Barbie Burgess, Logan and Brie Burgess; Robin and Gordon Eiland, Jillian and Brian Anderson, Aidan, Ethan, Brendan, Kristi and Kris McFarren, Jack and Sophie, Brandon and Alyssa Eiland; Barry Burgess and Cora Van Velzer, Dustin and Michaela Burgess and Landon, Nicole and Roger Roach. She is survived by brother, Lynn J. and Sondra Cochran in Mt. Pleasant, IA, Barbara Sue Cochran, Glenwood, IA, wife of Malcolm, and Rosalie Cochran, Fairfield, IA, wife of Roger; plus numerous cousins, nieces and nephews from California to Iowa.

Avon will be laid to rest in Lakeside Cemetery Folsom California, on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. The service will be for family only. However, the family would love to hear from you. Please sign the guest book at www.Millerfunerlhomefolsom.net, search obits.

Sentiments can also be sent to 13417 Torrey Pines Dr, Auburn, CA 95602.

In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to be made in honor of the Pearl Cochran Family, "String of Pearls", Avon was the 3rd pearl. Please address donations to Mount Pleasant Public Library, Attention Kayleigh Septer, 307 E. Monroe St., Mount Pleasant, IA 52641.