Obituaries
Michael George Burke 1952 - 2009 Osawatomie
Michael “Mickey” George Burke
Funeral services for Michael “Mickey” George Burke, 56, Osawatomie, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Lawrence. Inurnment will take place in Blue Mound at a later date.
Mr. Burke died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
He was born Dec. 5, 1952, in Fort Hood, Texas, the son of David L. and Mary Jo Carson Burke.
He was a structural iron worker for the Kansas City Local No. 10.
He enjoyed the outdoors, KU athletics, repairing automobiles and tractors. He loved children and his dog, Spot.
He married Rosemary Jones on Sept. 25, 1982, in Houston. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include his mother, Mary Jo Collison, and Paul of Kimberling City, Mo.; one daughter, Michelle Lynn Burke, San Diego; one son, Adrian Paul, Osawatomie; one brother, Monte D., Kimberling City, Mo.; one grandson, Deven Michael Burke; and one nephew, Jeffery Burke.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1986.
The family will greet friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
The family suggests memorials to the Deven Michael Burke Educational Fund, sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Burke.
- Blog: GOP tax plans would increase taxes on low-wage Kansans, decrease taxes for high-income Kansans, report says May 23, 2013 · 19 comments
- Editorial: Development shift? May 24, 2013 · 3 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 9 comments
- Opinion: Obama shares strong message May 24, 2013 · 2 comments
- Will of the people May 21, 2013 · 34 comments
- Editorial: Guns, speech May 23, 2013 · 28 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 21 comments
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 27 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 86 comments
- Republican tax plans would increase state revenue, analyses say May 22, 2013 · 44 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- CEO Gene Meyer honored for leading Lawrence Memorial Hospital to success May 23, 2013
- No consensus on McLemore's draft position after lottery May 23, 2013
- 40 years ago: Liquor-by-the-drink banned on trains passing through Kansas May 17, 2013
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director May 24, 2013
- KU football adds Miami Ohio wide receiver Nick Harwell May 22, 2013
- Arrest made in death of former Jayhawk McMillan May 23, 2013
- 100 years ago: Exhausted man rescued after collapse on railroad tracks May 22, 2013
- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
