Leota Pearl Liter

1903 - 1996  (92 years)

• Name	Leota Pearl Liter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	16 Dec 1903	Milo, Vernon, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	Dover, Vernon, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Census	1920	Dover, Vernon, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	Age: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Census	1930	Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA   [7]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
  Census	1940	Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA   [1, 5]
  	Age: 36; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Census	1950	Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA   [8]
  	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Dent Burson
  Social Security Number	1955	Missouri, USA   [4]
  	491-42-4464
  Death	27 Mar 1996	Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA   [4, 10]
  	Age at Death: 92
  Burial	Nodaway Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA   [10]
  Person ID	I16653	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Edgar 'Edd' Liter,   b. 19 Feb 1870, Missouri, USA d. 22 Sep 1921, Vernon County, Missouri, USA (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nora Josephine Jones,   b. 25 Mar 1874, Cedar City, Cedar, Missouri, USA d. 1 Sep 1953, Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Nov 1892	Vernon County, Missouri, USA   [11, 12]
  Family ID	F7589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Denton Robert Orlando 'Dent' Burson,   b. 4 May 1900, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 3 Jan 1969, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	19 Mar 1923	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [5, 10, 13]
  Children	1. Merrill Oliver Burson,   b. 24 Nov 1926, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 20 Apr 1927, Glenwood, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Edgler Orlando William Burson,   b. 29 Mar 1924, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 5 Aug 2018, Ephrata, Grant, Washington, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Robert Lee Burson,   b. 6 Sep 1932, Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Betty M Burson,   b. 29 Oct 1928, Strahan, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 21 Apr 2009, Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Earl LaVern Burson,   b. 30 Dec 1937, Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, USA d. 22 Oct 2013, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Pearl Louise Burson,   b. 30 Jun 1934, Emerson, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 27 Oct 2007, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Dec 1903 - Milo, Vernon, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1910 - Dover, Vernon, Missouri, USA Census - Age: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1920 - Dover, Vernon, Missouri, USA Marriage - 19 Mar 1923 - Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife - 1930 - Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA Census - Age: 36; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1940 - Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Dent Burson - 1950 - Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA Social Security Number - 491-42-4464 - 1955 - Missouri, USA Death - 27 Mar 1996 - Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~s Burson-F Burson Female Ancestor

  
  

• Sources

  [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Polk, Nodaway, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02134; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 74-34. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Polk, Nodaway, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02134; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 74-34 [S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Dover, Vernon, Missouri; Roll: T624_827; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1374840. 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Dover, Vernon, Missouri; Roll: T624_827; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1374840 [S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Dover, Vernon, Missouri; Roll: T625_965; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 169; Image: 927. 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Dover, Vernon, Missouri; Roll: T625_965; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 169; Image: 927 [S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 491-42-4464; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: 1955. [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Denton Robert Orlando Burson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=5102425721&indiv=try [S97] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;). [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2340404. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2340404 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Polk, Nodaway, Misso. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Polk, Nodaway, Misso [S68] Ancestry.com, Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2017;), State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904. Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944 State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904 [S11472] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): LITER Leota Burson, (Name: SmithLC.com;), LITER Leota Pearl Burson 1903-1996. The funeral for Leota Peal Burson, 92, of Maryville, Mo., was March 30 at Price Funeral Chapel in Maryville. Dr. Donald Childers officiated at Saturday's service. Burial was at Nodaway Memorial Gardens in Maryville. She died Wednesday, March 27, 1996, at Nodaway Nursing Home in Maryville. Leota Liter was born December 16, 1903, in Milo, Mo. She married Dent Burson March 19, 1923, in Omaha. She was a homemaker and a 57-year resident of the Maryville area. Her husband died Jan. 3, 1969. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Maryville and the Bell Grove Club. Survivors include three sons, Orlando of Ephrata, Wash., Robert of Hopkins, Mo., and Earl of Maryville; two daughters, Betty (Mrs. Carl) Martin of Tarkio, Mo., and Pearl (Mrs. Grant) Klassy of Fremont; 15 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, two brothers and a sister. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98508248/leota-pearl-burson [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S7099] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): JONES Nora Liter, (Name: SmithLC.com;), JONES Nora Josephine Liter 1874-1953. "Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven" Nora Jones and Joseph Liter married 27 November 1892 in Vernon County, Missouri and are buried together https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73546781/nora-josephine-liter [S6916] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): BURSON Denton, (Name: SmithLC.com;), Denton Robert Orlando Burson. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98508272/denton-robert_orlando-burson