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Bernard David “Jake” Burke

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Bernard David “Jake” Burke

Birth
Taylorville, Christian County, Illinois, USA
Death
9 Jun 1979 (aged 33)
Farmersville, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA
Burial
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"Final Rites Bernard Burke, 33 Taylorville Native"

Funeral services for Bernard D. "Jake" Burke, of Farmersville will be 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Murphy-Hough Funeral Home, Farmersville, with burial in the Macoupin Creek Cemetery, Farmersville. Visitation after 5 o'clock Monday.

Mr. Burke, 33, was dead on arrival at 4:12 o'clock Saturday at Springfield Community Hospital.

He was born in Taylorville, a son of Bernard and Mary Bible Burke. He was an Air National Guard member and a volunteer fireman in Farmersville. He married Judy Shoup in 1970.

Surviving are his wife; daughters, Amy and Mary Alice, both at home; mother of Farmersville; brother, Charles of Pawnee; sister, Mrs. Paul (Alice) Bogan of Springfield.

The Breeze-Courier, Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, June 10, 1979

Suggested edit: Bernard D. “Jake” Burke, 33, of Farmersville was pronounced dead on arrival at 4:12 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 1979, at a hospital in Springfield.

Mr. Burke was born September 10, 1945 in Taylorville, the son of Bernard and Mary (Bible) Burke. He married Judy C. Shoup in 1970. Mr. Burke was a 1963 graduate of Farmersville High School. He worked as a coal miner at Crown Coal Mine #2 in Virden for 9 years. Mr. Burke was also a volunteer firefighter. He served in the U.S. National Guard from 1963 to 1967. He attended Farmersville United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Judy; two daughters, Ms. Amy Burke and Ms. Mary Burke, both of Farmersville; his mother, Mrs. Mary Burke of Farmersville; one sister, Mrs. Paul (Alice) Bogan of Springfield; one brother, Charles “Butch” Burke of Pawnee; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 1979, at Murphy-Hough Funeral Home. Burial followed in Macoupin Creek Cemetery.
Contributor: Andrew Paisley (47385582) • [email protected]
"Final Rites Bernard Burke, 33 Taylorville Native"

Funeral services for Bernard D. "Jake" Burke, of Farmersville will be 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Murphy-Hough Funeral Home, Farmersville, with burial in the Macoupin Creek Cemetery, Farmersville. Visitation after 5 o'clock Monday.

Mr. Burke, 33, was dead on arrival at 4:12 o'clock Saturday at Springfield Community Hospital.

He was born in Taylorville, a son of Bernard and Mary Bible Burke. He was an Air National Guard member and a volunteer fireman in Farmersville. He married Judy Shoup in 1970.

Surviving are his wife; daughters, Amy and Mary Alice, both at home; mother of Farmersville; brother, Charles of Pawnee; sister, Mrs. Paul (Alice) Bogan of Springfield.

The Breeze-Courier, Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, June 10, 1979

Suggested edit: Bernard D. “Jake” Burke, 33, of Farmersville was pronounced dead on arrival at 4:12 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 1979, at a hospital in Springfield.

Mr. Burke was born September 10, 1945 in Taylorville, the son of Bernard and Mary (Bible) Burke. He married Judy C. Shoup in 1970. Mr. Burke was a 1963 graduate of Farmersville High School. He worked as a coal miner at Crown Coal Mine #2 in Virden for 9 years. Mr. Burke was also a volunteer firefighter. He served in the U.S. National Guard from 1963 to 1967. He attended Farmersville United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Judy; two daughters, Ms. Amy Burke and Ms. Mary Burke, both of Farmersville; his mother, Mrs. Mary Burke of Farmersville; one sister, Mrs. Paul (Alice) Bogan of Springfield; one brother, Charles “Butch” Burke of Pawnee; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 1979, at Murphy-Hough Funeral Home. Burial followed in Macoupin Creek Cemetery.
Contributor: Andrew Paisley (47385582) • [email protected]

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  • Maintained by: Sherry
  • Originally Created by: Carol
  • Added: May 7, 2009
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