Annabelle Burkland Turner, 91, of Austin, was called home to our Lord on Sunday morning May 15, 2016. A member of “The Greatest Generation”, AnnaBelle married the love of her life Robert Lee Turner on January 15, 1949, one year after his discharge from the U.S. Navy, embarking on their journey together for the next six and a half decades.
AnnaBelle was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She’ll be missed dearly by all those who met her. AnnaBelle was born on January 18th, 1925 in Austin, TX, to parents Fred Herman Burkland and Selma Helgren Burkland and married to Robert Lee Turner, of Austin for 65 years.
AnnaBelle is preceded in death by her husband Robert Lee Turner, parents Fred Herman Burkland and Selma Helgren Burkland, her adopted brother Homer Burkland, sister and brother-in-law Gladys & Harold Warner, nephew David Warner, and daughter-in-law Delma Garza Turner.
She is survived by her sons Wesley Turner of Ft. Worth, TX, and Donald F. Turner of Austin, daughters-in-law Shirley Turner of Ft. Worth, and Moonyeen Ruiz Turner of Austin, nephew Rodney Warner and his wife Debra, sister-in-law Marian Gould and her husband John of Arlington, TX, brother-in-law Kenneth Turner and his wife Arlene of Powder Springs, GA, granddaughters Sara Camp of Ft. Worth, TX, Lesley Zimpelman of Ft. Worth, TX, grandsons Jonathan Turner of Austin, TX, Jeffery Turner of Austin, TX, and seven great grandchildren; Zoe Camp, Winston Camp, Daniel Zimpelman, and Ava Zimpelman of Ft. Worth, TX, Joshua Benjamin Abad Turner of Austin, TX , Madeleine Isabelle Abad Turner of Austin, TX, and Luke Hung Turner of Austin, TX.
On behalf of AnnaBelle, her family would like to thank the staff at Seton Hospital for the care they provided in recent weeks as well as the staffs at Buckner Villas and Brookdale for their daily love, care and support over the last four years.
Visitation will be held Thursday, May 19th from 12 noon to 1pm with funeral services commencing at 1pm at Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX, 78752. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, TX, 78702.
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