Mason City Area Veterans Monument
Central Park in Mason City, Iowa.

Robert J. Burke, 76, of Sioux City and formerly of Mason City, died Thursday (Sept. 5, 2002) at his home.

A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with the Rev. Merlin J. Schrad officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Sioux City, with military rites conducted by the U.S. Army Reserve.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Larkin Northside Funeral Home, 2320 Outer Drive N. in Sioux City, with the family present from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and a parish vigil service at 7 p.m.

Mr. Burke was born on June 27, 1926, in Mason City, son of Harry and Ida Fox Burke. He was raised and educated in Mason City. He graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in 1944.

He served in the United States Army from 1950 to 1952, serving in Korea. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star.

He married Isabelle Buckley on Dec. 12, 1952. He was a resident of Sioux City for 43 years. He was an independent insurance broker for many years.

He was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and the Blessed Sacrament Church Men's Club. He was a former member of the V.F.W. and the Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include his wife, Isabelle; five sons, David, of Minneapolis, Minn., John and his wife, Lisa, of Boulder, Colo., Joe and his wife, Meg, of West Salem, Wis., Greg and his wife, Tina, of San Diego, and Jeffrey and his wife, Deanna, of Edina, Minn.; daughters Patricia and James Hadfield, of Eden Prairie, Suzan and Steve Boden, of Sioux City, and Kathryn and Mark Sanda, of Chaska, Minn.; 14 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one brother, John Burke, of Mason City.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Tom and Bill.

Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Siouxland, Blessed Sacrament grade school or Bishop Heelan High School in Sioux City.

Larkin Funeral Home, (712) 239-9918.

obit posted by cousin of deceased.