Frankie Sandlin Burelison, 101, passed away on July 14, 2018. A memorial service will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11 at Solterra, located at 5408 Highway 260 in Lakeside. She was a resident of Solterra in Lakeside. She was born in Gray Hawk, Kan., on June 13, 1917, to Levi and Stella Sandlin. She grew up in Indiana where she met and married Ernest “Curley” Burelison on Sept. 5, 1938. In 1953 they moved to Tucson where they both worked and retired from Hughes Aircraft. Both sons, Jack and Jerry, retired from the U.S. Navy. She was a member of the Avra Valley Baptist Church in Marana. She enjoyed camping, fishing, crocheting, knitting, ceramics, counted cross-stitch and making quilts. She was preceded in death by both parents; her husband, Curley; her daughter, Judy; her brother, Edwin; and sisters, Rosemary Jenkins and Grace Turner. She leaves behind her sons and daughters-in-law, Jack (Beverly) and Jerry (Phyllis); sister, Gladys Fetters; 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, 12 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews with many great and wonderful friends.
