Florence C. Burke
Florence C. Burke, 88, of 801 Blunt Parkway, Charles City, died Saturday July 12, 2008 at the Floyd County Medical Center.
A Family Prayer Services will be held 10:30 AM, Tuesday July 15, 2008 at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt, Charles City. Officiating will be the Rev. Carl Ries and Sr. Diana Blong. The family will greet friends one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Inurnment of the cremated remains will be in Calvary Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Food Pantry of Charles City.
Florence was born on February 29, 1920 in Dubuque the daughter of Leo and Mary (Kettenhoffen) Cunningham. She graduated from Dubuque High School, then attended secretarial school in Dubuque. She enjoyed playing tennis and ice-skating at the nearby rink with her friends. She married Lt. Kenneth J. Burke who was in the military on April 26, 1943 at St. Martha's Church in Sarasota, FL. They moved to Charles City in 1950 where Kenneth operated his CPA office for 30 years and raised three children, Barbara (Holm) of Delano, MN, Patricia Hanson of Glendale, AZ, and Thomas Burke, of Coeur D'Alene, ID. She had a great opportunity in spending time with her grandchildren. They were members of Immaculate Conception Church. Florence was active as a Girl Scout Leader, selling Real Estate, and volunteering as a Pink Lady at the hospital. Her family surrounded her life, and she loved living on Cedar Circle by the river and later at the apartment on Rob Roy Lane. She spent her last two years at Port Charles.
Florence is survived in addition to her three children, three grandchildren, Sara, Andy, and Emma; four Great Grandchildren Ben, Peter, Jamie, and Max; one sister, Barbara Gesell, Oklahoma City, and Leo Cunningham, Los Angeles, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth on November 5, 1996, her sister Ethel (Ney) and brother Joseph Cunningham.
Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt, 641-228-4211 www.Fullertonfh.com Those wishing to share stories, condolences, or memories may do so at the funeral home web site.
A Family Prayer Services will be held 10:30 AM, Tuesday July 15, 2008 at Fullerton Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt, Charles City. Officiating will be the Rev. Carl Ries and Sr. Diana Blong. The family will greet friends one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Inurnment of the cremated remains will be in Calvary Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the Food Pantry of Charles City.
Florence was born on February 29, 1920 in Dubuque the daughter of Leo and Mary (Kettenhoffen) Cunningham. She graduated from Dubuque High School, then attended secretarial school in Dubuque. She enjoyed playing tennis and ice-skating at the nearby rink with her friends. She married Lt. Kenneth J. Burke who was in the military on April 26, 1943 at St. Martha's Church in Sarasota, FL. They moved to Charles City in 1950 where Kenneth operated his CPA office for 30 years and raised three children, Barbara (Holm) of Delano, MN, Patricia Hanson of Glendale, AZ, and Thomas Burke, of Coeur D'Alene, ID. She had a great opportunity in spending time with her grandchildren. They were members of Immaculate Conception Church. Florence was active as a Girl Scout Leader, selling Real Estate, and volunteering as a Pink Lady at the hospital. Her family surrounded her life, and she loved living on Cedar Circle by the river and later at the apartment on Rob Roy Lane. She spent her last two years at Port Charles.
Florence is survived in addition to her three children, three grandchildren, Sara, Andy, and Emma; four Great Grandchildren Ben, Peter, Jamie, and Max; one sister, Barbara Gesell, Oklahoma City, and Leo Cunningham, Los Angeles, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth on November 5, 1996, her sister Ethel (Ney) and brother Joseph Cunningham.
Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt, 641-228-4211 www.Fullertonfh.com Those wishing to share stories, condolences, or memories may do so at the funeral home web site.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
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