Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Lawrence BURKE 
Birth DateJan 1893
Birth PlaceNebraska
Death Date24 May 1972 Age: 79
Death PlaceCherry Grove, Washington County, Oregon
Burial PlaceForest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, Forest View Cemetery
FatherJohn Arnold BURKE (1850-1920)
MotherMary Etta WAYMAN (1857-1913)
Spouses
Birth Date16 Apr 1895
Birth PlaceForest Grove, Washington County, Oregon
Death Date7 Feb 1980 Age: 84
Death PlaceForest Grove, Washington County, Oregon
Burial PlaceForest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, Forest View Cemetery
Family ID9029
Marr Date20 Oct 1912
Marr PlaceForest Grove, Washington County, Oregon
ChildrenGeraldine Lee (1932-2019)
Notes for George Lawrence BURKE
Funeral was Saturday, May 27 at Forest Grove Memorial Chapel for George L. "Pappy" Burke, 79, of Cherry Grove, who died May 24 at his home unexpectedly. Rev. Ivan Marble of Gales Creek Community Church officiated and burial was in Forest View Cemetery.
He was born January 29, 1893 in Nebraska. He came to Oregon in 1902 living in Astoria and Rockaway for several years, later moving to Timber and then to Cherry Grove. He worked in the woods in the early years. He also worked in construction. He married Florence Morley on October 20, 1912 at Forest Grove and they had lived in Cherry Grove for 22 years.
Survivors include the widow of Cherry Grove; a son Wilbur A. Burke of Cherry Grove, daughters Bertha Beard of Bonnie Slop, Dorothy Harris of Beaverton, Goldie Wilson of Forest Grove, Nellie O'Dell of Cherry Grove, Geraldine Bishop of Portland and Eunice Garrigus of Fairbanks, Alaska; a sister Alice Roynon of Springfield; 29 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren. A son George Berke died earlier.
[Forest Grove News Times, 29 Jun 1972]
On Find A Grave.
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He was born January 29, 1893 in Nebraska. He came to Oregon in 1902 living in Astoria and Rockaway for several years, later moving to Timber and then to Cherry Grove. He worked in the woods in the early years. He also worked in construction. He married Florence Morley on October 20, 1912 at Forest Grove and they had lived in Cherry Grove for 22 years.
Survivors include the widow of Cherry Grove; a son Wilbur A. Burke of Cherry Grove, daughters Bertha Beard of Bonnie Slop, Dorothy Harris of Beaverton, Goldie Wilson of Forest Grove, Nellie O'Dell of Cherry Grove, Geraldine Bishop of Portland and Eunice Garrigus of Fairbanks, Alaska; a sister Alice Roynon of Springfield; 29 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren. A son George Berke died earlier.
[Forest Grove News Times, 29 Jun 1972]
On Find A Grave.
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