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George H. Washburn, lifelong resident of Burlington, well known architect and esteemed citizen, died following a heart attack at his home, 721 South Seventh street, Sunday morning at 4:15 o'clock. Funeral services for Mr. Washburn will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the Christ Episcopal church with the Rev. Herbert Butler officiating. Burial will be in Aspen Grove cemetery. Active pallbearers will include Dr. R.V. Yant, Ear F. Phillips, C.M. Morgan, H. G. Elder, Ray Humphrey and Phil F. Carspecken. The honorary pallbearers will be W.A. Burhans, E.S. Phelps, Ed. M. Wesner, Allen Green and R.B. Cosell. Mr. Washburn had been in ill health for several weeks. Although his condition had not been serious, he had suffered slight attacks of the heart on several occasions. During the first part of last week he sustained several more attacks of the heart which gradually grew worse until Sunday morning when his condition became critical. His wife and son, Fred Washburn, were at his bedside when the end came. Thru his skill as an architect as well as thru his personality and strong character, Mr. Washburn became widely known in Burlington and vicinity during the forty-four years that he was in business here. He began his career as an architect in Burlington when he entered the office of C.A. Dunham, local architect, on March 1, 1881. He went into business for himself in 1898. Monuments to his skill include buildings such as that of the John Boesch company, the Charles E. Perkins, Jr. residence, the Gazette, the Unterkircher funeral home, the new Presbyterian church parsonage, the J.F. Deems farm home and the buildings at the county farm. There are also scores of other business buildings and homes in Burlington and vicinity for which he drew the the plans. He was associated in drawing up plans for the new city hall and for the Burlington hospital addition which is now being erected. Mr. Washburn, a great lover of the out of doors and a student of nature and was especially fond of fishing. Old acquaintances recalled that he owned one of the first bicycles in Iowa of old fashioned type with the huge front wheel. They told of one cycling trip which he made from Burlington to the state fair at Des Moines, Ia. He was born in Burlington June 14, 1862, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Washburn. His parents came to Burlington from the east in 1855. When a boy Mr. Washburn was interested in buildings and planned to become an architect. He received his education in the public schools of Burlington and was married to Miss Mary A. Miller in Burlington September 4, 1889. Besides his widow, he is survived by two sons, Frederick A. Washburn of Burlington and Robert M. Washburn of Salt Lake City, Utah; one brother, Charles F. Washburn of Chicago, ill., and two grandchildren. He was a member of the vestry of the Christ Episcopal church, Des Moines lodge No. 1, of Masons, Hawkeye Natives, Rotary Club, Elks, the Greater Burlington association, the Burlington Launch club, the Carthage Lake club, the American Institute of Architects and the State Association of Architects. He was also an honorary member of the Burlington high school orchestra in which he assisted with his base viol.