Burton Dale Burnside, Jr., 62, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Wednesday. He was born in Baker to Burton Dale Sr. and Kathleen “Kay” Delores (Hyman) Burnside.

He lived in Sweet Home. He was a loving, free-spirited man that loved singing, dancing, and making people smile. He loved being up in the woods.

Burton is survived by his father, Burton Dale Burnside, Sr.; girlfriend Maryann Tenbush; daughters Ashley Burnside and Jessica Schunk of Sweet Home; son Burton Burnside III of Huntington Beach, California; siblings Roger Baker of North Carolina, Kathy Burnside Marick of Oregon, Richard Burnside of Oregon, and Diane Spencer of Oregon; grandchildren Leslie Richardson of Oregon, Makenzie and Riley Burnside of California, Brook Parsons of Oregon, and Hudson Schunk, Logan Burnside, Rowan Schunk, and Isaac Burnside of Sweet Home.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Kathleen “Kay” Delores Burnside, in 2002.

Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements.