Capt. E. Lyle Burgess, 51, of San Francisco, Calif., a former resident here and the son of Mrs. E.L. Burgess, 832 Richardson St., and the late Mr. Burgess, died yesterday in San Francisco after a two-month illness.
He graduated from Janesville High School in 1936 and received his degree from Whitewater State College in 1942. He entered the Navy soon after graduation and served in the South Pacific 27 months during World War II as skipper on a mine sweeper, receiving promotion to full lieutenant in 1945. He served 10 months in Korea with the Seventh Fleet, returning to the United States in 1951 for assignment to the USS Joyce, a radar ship.
Capt. Burgess was promoted to a full commander in the Navy in 1956 and named executive officer of the USS Inland Compass commissioned Dec. 3, 1956, for research on the Jupiter guided missile ship launched in 1954; commander of the USS Waldron, flagship of the destroyer division based at Norfolk, Va,; and commander of the USS Fessenden when the destroyer was recommissioned in 1952.
He visited his mother here in 1964 prior to a three-year tour of duty as a member of the commander-in chief of the Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. In early 1967 he assumed command of the river patrol forces stationed in Saigon, Vietnam, and served in Vietnam until his illness.
Born in New Diggings, Wis., Aug, 5m 1917, he was married to Margaret Jacobson of Osseo, Wis., in Los Angeles, Calif., June 19m 1942.
Surviving are hi wife; a son, Peter A., and two daughters, Barbara A. and Jane M., all of San Francisco; his mother, of Janesville...
--Janesville Daily Gazette May 29, 1969.
He graduated from Janesville High School in 1936 and received his degree from Whitewater State College in 1942. He entered the Navy soon after graduation and served in the South Pacific 27 months during World War II as skipper on a mine sweeper, receiving promotion to full lieutenant in 1945. He served 10 months in Korea with the Seventh Fleet, returning to the United States in 1951 for assignment to the USS Joyce, a radar ship.
Capt. Burgess was promoted to a full commander in the Navy in 1956 and named executive officer of the USS Inland Compass commissioned Dec. 3, 1956, for research on the Jupiter guided missile ship launched in 1954; commander of the USS Waldron, flagship of the destroyer division based at Norfolk, Va,; and commander of the USS Fessenden when the destroyer was recommissioned in 1952.
He visited his mother here in 1964 prior to a three-year tour of duty as a member of the commander-in chief of the Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. In early 1967 he assumed command of the river patrol forces stationed in Saigon, Vietnam, and served in Vietnam until his illness.
Born in New Diggings, Wis., Aug, 5m 1917, he was married to Margaret Jacobson of Osseo, Wis., in Los Angeles, Calif., June 19m 1942.
Surviving are hi wife; a son, Peter A., and two daughters, Barbara A. and Jane M., all of San Francisco; his mother, of Janesville...
--Janesville Daily Gazette May 29, 1969.
Capt. E. Lyle Burgess, 51, of San Francisco, Calif., a former resident here and the son of Mrs. E.L. Burgess, 832 Richardson St., and the late Mr. Burgess, died yesterday in San Francisco after a two-month illness.
He graduated from Janesville High School in 1936 and received his degree from Whitewater State College in 1942. He entered the Navy soon after graduation and served in the South Pacific 27 months during World War II as skipper on a mine sweeper, receiving promotion to full lieutenant in 1945. He served 10 months in Korea with the Seventh Fleet, returning to the United States in 1951 for assignment to the USS Joyce, a radar ship.
Capt. Burgess was promoted to a full commander in the Navy in 1956 and named executive officer of the USS Inland Compass commissioned Dec. 3, 1956, for research on the Jupiter guided missile ship launched in 1954; commander of the USS Waldron, flagship of the destroyer division based at Norfolk, Va,; and commander of the USS Fessenden when the destroyer was recommissioned in 1952.
He visited his mother here in 1964 prior to a three-year tour of duty as a member of the commander-in chief of the Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. In early 1967 he assumed command of the river patrol forces stationed in Saigon, Vietnam, and served in Vietnam until his illness.
Born in New Diggings, Wis., Aug, 5m 1917, he was married to Margaret Jacobson of Osseo, Wis., in Los Angeles, Calif., June 19m 1942.
Surviving are hi wife; a son, Peter A., and two daughters, Barbara A. and Jane M., all of San Francisco; his mother, of Janesville...
--Janesville Daily Gazette May 29, 1969.
He graduated from Janesville High School in 1936 and received his degree from Whitewater State College in 1942. He entered the Navy soon after graduation and served in the South Pacific 27 months during World War II as skipper on a mine sweeper, receiving promotion to full lieutenant in 1945. He served 10 months in Korea with the Seventh Fleet, returning to the United States in 1951 for assignment to the USS Joyce, a radar ship.
Capt. Burgess was promoted to a full commander in the Navy in 1956 and named executive officer of the USS Inland Compass commissioned Dec. 3, 1956, for research on the Jupiter guided missile ship launched in 1954; commander of the USS Waldron, flagship of the destroyer division based at Norfolk, Va,; and commander of the USS Fessenden when the destroyer was recommissioned in 1952.
He visited his mother here in 1964 prior to a three-year tour of duty as a member of the commander-in chief of the Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. In early 1967 he assumed command of the river patrol forces stationed in Saigon, Vietnam, and served in Vietnam until his illness.
Born in New Diggings, Wis., Aug, 5m 1917, he was married to Margaret Jacobson of Osseo, Wis., in Los Angeles, Calif., June 19m 1942.
Surviving are hi wife; a son, Peter A., and two daughters, Barbara A. and Jane M., all of San Francisco; his mother, of Janesville...
--Janesville Daily Gazette May 29, 1969.
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