Ann Lawson Burkhardt Obituary
In loving memory of Ann Lawson Burkhardt (DeKalb, Illinois), who departed this world on September 5, 2025 at the age of 76. Ann leaves behind a legacy remembered by family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Ann farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Ann is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Edward Lawson and Grace Lawson; her husband John Burkhardt; and her brother Curt Lawson. She is survived by: her daughter Astrid Jean Burkhardt of Bartlett, Ill.; her granddaughters, Kathleen Oakes of Mount Prospect and Kaitlin Alm of Brooklyn, N. Y.; and her sisters, Katherine Hart of Chicago and Jean Gastiger (Joe) of DeKalb, Ill..
