Mary “Joeen” Wilson Burns passed away Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a brief battle with lung, adrenal, and brain cancer. Joeen was born in Pittsburg, Kansas on Aug. 8, 1958, to Raymond Eugene “Willie” and Beverly Joeen Wilson (Leroy) of Girard, Kansas. She attended Lowell Elementary School, now known as RV Haderlein Elementary, and graduated from Girard High School in 1976.