Vincent (Vince) Burg of Chelsea, age 89, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019.
He was born on Jan. 16, 1930 in Chelsea, the son of J. Vincent I. and Mary A. (Spirnagle) Burg. Vince was the youngest of seven children, having six older sisters.
Vince attended St. Mary Catholic School through the 8th grade and graduated from Chelsea High School in 1947. He graduated from Ferris Institute’s (now Ferris State University) School of Pharmacy in 1952, passed the state board exams for licensing as a pharmacist in the State of Michigan and was promptly drafted. He was inducted into the United States Army and saw action in the Korean War, serving in the 47th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) with the Medical Corps.
Vince returned to Chelsea to work at the Chelsea Pharmacy, and also part-time at the Mercywood Sanitarium in Ann Arbor. It was at Mercywood where Vince met his wife to be, Shirley Ann Tuckey, from Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. She was a registered nurse and was in charge of the pharmacy. They wed on Aug. 18, 1956 and raised six children.
During his lifetime, Vince was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 3092, where he was a 3rd and 4th Degree Knight, the Chelsea Junior Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion, the Chelsea Village Council, and the Jackson County Pharmacy Association, being name Pharmacist of the Year in 1971. Vince was also a Charter Board Member and Lifetime member of the Waterloo National History Association.
Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church Chelsea. Burial will take place at Mt. Olivet Cemetery Chelsea.
The family will receive friends at the church from 10 a.m. until time of service.
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