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H. Russell Burke

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H. Russell Burke

Birth
Mason, Effingham County, Illinois, USA
Death
18 Dec 1989 (aged 82)
Savoy, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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H.RUSSELL BURKE,82,OF 301 BRIAR LANE CHAMPAIGN,IL.DIED AT CARLE ARBOURS,SAVOY,IL DEC.18,1989.

HE WAS THE SON OF ARY E. AND OLA D.BABBS BURKE.

HE MARRIED MARJORIE E. MURPHY ON AUG.3,1932 AT CHAMPAIGN,IL.SHE SURVIVES.

ALSO SURVIVING ARE ONE SON.LARRY M. BURKE OF CHAMPAIGN,IL ONE DAUGHTER.LINDA B. FAULLIN OF CHAMPAIGN,IL:FIVE GRANDCHILDREN:ONE GREAT-GRANDCHILD:AND ONE SISTER,RACHEL LEE OF SEQUIM,WASH.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND ONE SISTER,AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER.

MR. BURKE WAS A 1926 GRADUATE OF CHAMPAIGN HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS,BEFORE JOINING THE CHAMPAIGN POLICE DEPTARTMENT IN 1929. HE RETIRED AS A CAPTAIN WITH 29 YEARS OF SERVICE IN 1958.

MR. BURKE BECAME DIRECTOR OF COURT SERVICES AND CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNITIL HE RETIRED ON SEPT,20,1975.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CHAMPAIGN:LOYAL ORDER OF THE MOOSE LODGE 1288 AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MOOSE.

HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE POLICE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS,WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS. HE RECEIVED A MOOSE LIFE FELLOWSHIP DEGREE.

PHOTO CHAMPAIGN POLICE 1934

OBIT NEWS-GAZETTE,CHAMPAIGN,IL.
H.RUSSELL BURKE,82,OF 301 BRIAR LANE CHAMPAIGN,IL.DIED AT CARLE ARBOURS,SAVOY,IL DEC.18,1989.

HE WAS THE SON OF ARY E. AND OLA D.BABBS BURKE.

HE MARRIED MARJORIE E. MURPHY ON AUG.3,1932 AT CHAMPAIGN,IL.SHE SURVIVES.

ALSO SURVIVING ARE ONE SON.LARRY M. BURKE OF CHAMPAIGN,IL ONE DAUGHTER.LINDA B. FAULLIN OF CHAMPAIGN,IL:FIVE GRANDCHILDREN:ONE GREAT-GRANDCHILD:AND ONE SISTER,RACHEL LEE OF SEQUIM,WASH.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND ONE SISTER,AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER.

MR. BURKE WAS A 1926 GRADUATE OF CHAMPAIGN HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS,BEFORE JOINING THE CHAMPAIGN POLICE DEPTARTMENT IN 1929. HE RETIRED AS A CAPTAIN WITH 29 YEARS OF SERVICE IN 1958.

MR. BURKE BECAME DIRECTOR OF COURT SERVICES AND CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNITIL HE RETIRED ON SEPT,20,1975.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CHAMPAIGN:LOYAL ORDER OF THE MOOSE LODGE 1288 AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MOOSE.

HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE POLICE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS,WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS. HE RECEIVED A MOOSE LIFE FELLOWSHIP DEGREE.

PHOTO CHAMPAIGN POLICE 1934

OBIT NEWS-GAZETTE,CHAMPAIGN,IL.

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