Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Burke, James Edward 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 27, 2012, 6:58 pm The Ionia Standard, Friday, March 4, 1904 James, the 7 years old son of Ed. Burke, died on Friday. The sympathy of their many friends is with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Burke in the death of their 9 years old son James, which occurred on Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Funeral on Monday morning at 8 o’clock. Subsequent Publication: Friday, March 11, 1904 The funeral service for little James Burke was quite largely attended at the Church of SS. Peter & Paul Monday, and the remains were tenderly laid away in the Catholic cemetery. The bearers were four of his former schoolmates: Willie McAlary, John Longe, Patrick Allen and Bruce O’Connell. Transcriber’s Note: There is a discrepancy in the age of James Burke, one publication stating 7 years and another 9 years. They have been transcribed as written. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/burke18024nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb