Toby E. Burris Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Toby E. Burris of Eldon, Missouri, who passed away at the age of 58, on May 3, 2025. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Toby E. Burris or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
As we bid Toby farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Toby is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was predeceased by: his father Ronald Edwin; his uncle Gordon Goodrick; and his grandparents, Clyde, Melba Goodrick and Basil Burris.
He is survived by: his mother Karen Lee Burris (Goodrick) of Eldon; his brother Todd Burris of Jacksonville, Florida; his aunts, Susan Broski (John) of Overland Park, Kansas and Sue Miller (Ray) of Eldon; his uncle Boyd Burris (Kathy) of Eldon; and his stepgrandmother Dorothy Burris of Eldon.
Visitation was held on Friday, May 9th 2025 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM at the Phillips Funeral Home (5 S Oak St, Eldon, MO 65026). A memorial service was held on Friday, May 9th 2025 at 10:00 AM at the same location.