I hope that someone finds this obituary of interest. Jeanne Portland, Maine Press Herald (USA) Tuesday April 18, 2001 Daniel Patrick Burns, 64 FAIRFIELD CENTER — Daniel Patrick Burns, 64, died April 15, 2001, of congestive heart failure at the home of his daughter in South Portland after 14 years of heart problems. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jan. 24, 1937, a son of Daniel and Alicia Burns. He attended St. Finian's Secondary School and St. Malachy's College in Belfast. On May 15, 1963, he married Mary P. McNally. They came to America with their five children in 1971, settling first in Waterville, then in Fairfield, where they lived for the past 26 years. Mr. Burns attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Fairfield. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He worked for Keyes Fibre/The Chinet Co. until 1988, when he retired because of ill health. He was a member of the Kennebec Valley Chordsmen. He played the guitar and banjo and liked to listen to music from his homeland. His sister-in-law, Elizabeth McNally Barnett of Waterville, was a special friend to his family. His wife of 37 years, Mary, died in 2000. Surviving are three daughters, Colette Burns of Florida, Mrs. Stephen (Pauline) Hodge of South Portland and Mrs. Llari (Bernadette) Kokko of Portland; two sons, Stephen J. of Boston and Daniel M. of Fairfield Center; two brothers, Sean of New South Wales, Australia, and Patrick of Wakefield, England; and six grandchildren. Visiting hours will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Lawry Brothers Funeral Home, 107 Main St., Fairfield. Prayers will be recited at 9:15 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, and a funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on High Street, with the Rev. Marcel Dumoulin officiating.