Calhoun County MI Archives Obituaries.....Burke, Margaret Louise (Mark) July 3, 2007
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Battle Creek Enquirer
Margaret Louise (Mark) Burke, 92, of Battle Creek died Friday, July 6, 2007, at 
Good Samaritan Hospice Residence.
She graduated from Wadena High School, attended the college of 
St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota, and received her Bachelor of Science degree 
from the University of Minnesota, where she also did graduate work. Her 
professional career in Social Work began in Minnesota, and concluded at the 
Battle Creek Sanitarium. She served in the Red Cross during World War II doing 
medical social work at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri and Borden 
General Hospital, Chickasha, Oklahoma.
 Margaret was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-
grandmother. She loved playing golf, Bridge, the Battle Creek Symphony 
Orchestra and she was an avid reader. She enjoyed a good Martini. She was a 
devout Catholic and a 60-year member of St. Joseph Church, where she was past 
president of the Altar Society, St. Gerard's Circle; and a past president of 
the Lawyer's Wives of Calhoun County. She wintered in Cocoa Beach, Florida from 
1976-1996.
She was predeceased by her husband; her sister; her parents; much loved grandmother and 4 of her beloved aunts, 

Friends will be received by Margaret's family 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 
9th at the Farley-Estes & Dowdle Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will 
be celebrated by Fr. John D. Fleckenstein at St. Joseph Catholic Church 10:00 
a.m. Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Following the Mass, Margaret will be cremated. Her 
cremains will be placed next to her husband at Memorial Park Cemetery, during a 
service for the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given 
to Good Samaritan Hospice Residence.

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