Margaret J. Burks, 78, formerly of Cape Elizabeth died Saturday at a local nursing home following a long illness.
She was born in Portland, a daughter of Edward and Margaret Keene Johnson Sr., and attended local schools, graduating from South Portland High School.
She worked as a telephone operator at the former Canal Bank in Portland.
She was a self-taught piano player and watched TV.
Surviving are a daughter, Barbara B. Davidson of South Portland; three stepsons, David E. Burks of Vienna, Va., Rucker W. Burks of Parker, Colo., and Ernest R. Burks III of Northborough, Mass.; a sister, Murial Chase of Brewer; 12 grandchildren and six great- grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland.
Portland Newspapers Dec 12, 1999
She was born in Portland, a daughter of Edward and Margaret Keene Johnson Sr., and attended local schools, graduating from South Portland High School.
She worked as a telephone operator at the former Canal Bank in Portland.
She was a self-taught piano player and watched TV.
Surviving are a daughter, Barbara B. Davidson of South Portland; three stepsons, David E. Burks of Vienna, Va., Rucker W. Burks of Parker, Colo., and Ernest R. Burks III of Northborough, Mass.; a sister, Murial Chase of Brewer; 12 grandchildren and six great- grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland.
Portland Newspapers Dec 12, 1999
Margaret J. Burks, 78, formerly of Cape Elizabeth died Saturday at a local nursing home following a long illness.
She was born in Portland, a daughter of Edward and Margaret Keene Johnson Sr., and attended local schools, graduating from South Portland High School.
She worked as a telephone operator at the former Canal Bank in Portland.
She was a self-taught piano player and watched TV.
Surviving are a daughter, Barbara B. Davidson of South Portland; three stepsons, David E. Burks of Vienna, Va., Rucker W. Burks of Parker, Colo., and Ernest R. Burks III of Northborough, Mass.; a sister, Murial Chase of Brewer; 12 grandchildren and six great- grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland.
Portland Newspapers Dec 12, 1999
She was born in Portland, a daughter of Edward and Margaret Keene Johnson Sr., and attended local schools, graduating from South Portland High School.
She worked as a telephone operator at the former Canal Bank in Portland.
She was a self-taught piano player and watched TV.
Surviving are a daughter, Barbara B. Davidson of South Portland; three stepsons, David E. Burks of Vienna, Va., Rucker W. Burks of Parker, Colo., and Ernest R. Burks III of Northborough, Mass.; a sister, Murial Chase of Brewer; 12 grandchildren and six great- grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland.
Portland Newspapers Dec 12, 1999
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