Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Burke, Richard D. June 19, 2004 ************************************************ 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 26, 2010, 10:59 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, July 1, 2004 Richard D. Burke, 82, a retired electronic technician with Michigan Bell Telephone Co., died Saturday, June 19, 2004 at Legacy Hospice in Ocala, FL. Born in Durand he moved with his family to Ionia, graduating from Ionia High School in 1941. In 1979 he moved from Wyoming to Ocala, FL. Mr. Burke was a member of the Southern Bell Pioneers of Grand Rapids. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Margaret Burke of Ocala, FL.; sons, Richard L. Burke of Comstock Park, Mark Burke of Jenison; daughters, Sandra Hertstein of Hudsonville and Debra Pikola of Ludington; sister, Gloria Houghton of Cadillac; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dewey and Olive Burke of Lake City, and brother, Eugene Burke of Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/burke4729nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb