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Byron Burmester, 58 passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During his fight against cancer, Byron never ceased to be brave and courageous. He gave everyone around him the inspiration to be strong and hopeful every single day.
He passed away peacefully surrounded by his life partner, Marcus Brasileiro, and other family members including his mother, Myrna Burmester of Marshalltown, Iowa, sisters Sally Burmester from Venice, California, Jody Weil and husband Brent of Evansville, Indiana, and brother Ronald Burmester and wife Tammy of West Des Moines, Iowa. He was also survived by three nephews: Adam Weil, Carter Burmester and Carson Burmester. He was preceded in death by his father, Dallas Burmester.
Byron was born on July 8, 1956 at Hampton Community Hospital in Hampton, Iowa. He graduated from Hampton Community High School in Hampton, Iowa, (Class of 1974) and graduated from Ellsworth Community College in 1976 in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He also attended the University of Minnesota.
In 1976 he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and began a long career in Information Technology, working for many years at CompuCom until the time of his passing.
We will be scheduling a celebration of Byron's life in early July in honor of his birthday in Minneapolis. Details will be posted here at a later date.
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The miracle of a liver transplant gave us another 18 years of Byron’s presence in our lives. The family requests that memorial donations/gifts be designated for liver transplant care at Mayo Clinic.
Memorials can be made online at: www.mayoclinic.org/development or mailed to the Department of Development, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905.