RAPID CITY--Wesley H. Burr, 86, went home to be with his Savior on Monday, October 5, 2009 in Aiken, South Carolina. Mr. Burr was born in Custer, SD, and was a graduate of Custer High School and the SD School of Mines and Technology. He married his wife, Hazel Korsberg Burr, in Rapid City on April 28, 1944. He was a veteran of WWII and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He spent his professional career as a Metallurgical Engineer for US Steel Corp., both in White Oak, PA (where he also served as a city councilman, school board member and taught night classes at Carnegie-Mellon University on Steelmaking) and in Davenport, IA. After his retirement, he and his wife moved back to Rapid City, where he served for a time as an Adjunct Professor at SDSM&T, teaching Steelmaking. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alda H. and Bertha Florence Turner Burr, his wife of 64 years, Hazel K. Burr, and a brother, James S. Burr. Left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Linnea (Wade) Bickford of Aiken, SC, his son, Michael Burr of Alvarado, TX, four grandchildren, Matthew and Laura Bickford of Aiken SC, Stephanie Burr of Killeen, TX, and Meghan (Brandon) Payne of Shaw AFB, SC, a sister and her husband, Marjorie and Carl Zurcher of Ooltewah, TN, a special niece and her husband who helped him so much in recent years, Janet and Harry Keeney of Rapid City, a wonderful sister-in-law, Leola Morgan of Rapid City, and many other nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 2 until 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 25th at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home, 2700 Jackson Blvd. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 26th, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Burial, with military honors provided by Rushmore VFW Post 1273 and the South Dakota Army National Guard, will follow at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Memorials may be made to Rimrock Evangelical Free Church, 12200 W. Highway 44, Rapid City, SD.