- Date Of Birth: April 29, 1913
- Date Of Death: October 24, 2016
- State: Connecticut
Elsa S. Burns, age 103, of Fairfield, beloved wife of the late William R. Burns, Sr., passed away peacefully Monday, October 24, 2016 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, the daughter of the late Louis and Priscilla Sava, she had been a lifelong Fairfield resident. She graduated from Roger Ludlowe High School and the Southern Connecticut Teacher’s College and received her Masters Degree in Education from the University of Bridgeport. Mrs. Burns began her teaching career at Pequot School in Southport. After raising her children she returned to teaching in 1961 where she taught at Riverfield School in Fairfield until her retirement in 1980. She was a member of the Fairfield and Connecticut Retired Teacher’s Associations and a lifelong parishioner of St.
