{"id":7445,"date":"2025-01-26T09:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T14:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=7445"},"modified":"2025-02-03T19:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:04:50","slug":"james-m-jim-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=7445","title":{"rendered":"James M. \u201cJim\u201d Burns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hornell, New York<\/p>\n

James M. \u201cJim\u201d Burns \u2013 60 \u2013 of 111Thacher St., Hornell, died unexpectedly early Saturday morning (January 25, 2025).<\/p>\n

Born in Lock Haven, PA on November 6, 1964, he was the son of James & Nellie (Geyer) Burns.<\/p>\n

Jim grew up in Pennsylvania and resided in Lock Haven, PA and Gelton, PA before moving to the Hornell area over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

Throughout the years, he had been employed at several area businesses including the former Big Elms Restaurant, Morrison Knudson (MK), Alstom and for many years has served as a maintenance man & dish washer at JC\u2019s Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Jim was a true outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting (both small game & deer) and also fly fishing in streams.\u00a0 He also loved the time he spent 4-wheeling.\u00a0 He was an avid Pittsburg Steelers Football fan and had a deep affection for animals — especially his dogs & cats.<\/p>\n

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jim & Nellie Burns; his daughter, Trish Lennette Burns; and his sister, Paula Burns.<\/p>\n

Surviving are his longtime companion, Elizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d Price McMinds; 2 sons, James E. Burns of Friendship, NY and Brandon (Chris) Burns of Mt. Morris, NY; his daughter, Kirsten (Justin Bauter) Price of Hornell; his sister, Linda Burns of Pennsylvania; 4 grandchildren, Bryson, Trevor, Willow & Hera; along with several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

At Jim\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 At \u201cCelebration of Life\u201d will be held at a place, date & time to be announced.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n

Jim\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to \u201cCozy Cats & Kittens\u201d 80 Seneca St., Hornell, NY\u00a0 14843.<\/p>\n

To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hornell, New York James M. \u201cJim\u201d Burns \u2013 60 \u2013 of 111Thacher St., Hornell, died unexpectedly early Saturday morning (January 25, 2025). Born in Lock Haven, PA on November 6, 1964, he was the son of James & Nellie (Geyer) Burns. Jim grew up in Pennsylvania and resided in Lock Haven, PA and Gelton, PA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7445"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7460,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions\/7460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}