June Burke

Overland Park – Memorial services for June Burke, 87, Prairie Village, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Johnson County Chapel in Overland Park. Private inurnment will be in Johnson County Memorial Gardens in Overland Park.Mrs. Burke died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.She was born Aug. 7, 1920, in East St. Louis, Mo. She was a lifelong resident of the Kansas City area.Mrs. Burke worked as an artist for the Hall Brothers, Calvin Co. and U.S. Army Map Services in her early years. She was also a frequent exhibitor in the Plaza Art Fair.She was preceded in death by her husband, J. William Burke, and two sisters, Evelyn Hall and Mayme Sippel. She is survived by a son, Martin and wife Cecilia, Lawrence; and three grandchildren, Kevin, Allison and Meredith.Online condolences may be sent at www.dwnewcomers.com.