BURKETT, Lawrence Earl was born October 27th, 1930 in Ford City, Pennsylvania, to a large rural farm family, and he developed his innovative and creative engineering talents early. He began solidifying those talents after joining the Navy where he served as a Sonar Operator (Sonarman) from 1950-1954. He served in Key West, Chicago/Milwaukee and Charleston, South Carolina aboard the USS Gherardi, where he went on several deployments around the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean on military exercises.
After military service, "Whitey" or "Buckets", as he was known in the Navy, returned to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he studied at the Milwaukee Institute of Technology (MIT) where he met Rosemary Louise Lange. After graduation, he began working for the General Electric (GE) Corporation and later Martin Marietta as a Lab Technician. He remained with those companies for nearly 45 years and received accolades for his inventions and suggestions.
In 1966 he moved to Florida when GE moved his department to a facility on Bryan Dairy Road in North St. Petersburg, Florida.
He married Rosemary in February 1956, and had three sons in the next seven years. His wife, sons, and grand children were his focus of devotion and pride. His oldest son, Russell is a retired US Air Force, Chief Master Sergeant, and Department of Defense/Army civilian. His second son, Roy is married to Jo Ann, who is the loving mother to Larry's two grandchildren (Ryan and Eric). Jo Ann is a Registered Nurse. Roy is a Captain with Tampa Fire/Rescue. Ryan and his wife Leah are the parents of Larry's great-grandchildren (Rylee and Jacob). Ryan also works for Tampa Fire/Rescue as a Fire Fighter/Paramedic. Leah is a teacher of visually impaired children for Hillsborough County Schools. Eric just graduated this month from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a Master of Science in Structural Engineering. Following in Rosemary's footsteps, his youngest son Randy is an accomplished Artist.
Many of Larry's innovations and inventions supported playing and enjoying life with his sons and grandsons. Shortly after moving to Florida, he created Shuffle-board golf which he enjoyed with his sons in their driveway in Clearwater, Florida. His creative and inventive talents were very devoted to supporting Rosemary and Randy with their artistic interests at art shows, pet-portrait business (Animal Expressions), flea-markets and exhibits. The shows and exhibits were transported around the city, county, state and country in a rolling display van specially constructed by Larry.
After Rosemary passed In 2008, Larry began using his creative structural talents to support the organization "Hospice of the Florida Suncoast" building them many ramps, structures and devices to assist them in patient care. He also spent his remaining days, square dancing at venues both at home, in Florida and in Pennsylvania. This became his favorite hobby in his golden years in addition to [missing]
His love, energy, support, and dedication to hard work for family, friends, and shipmates knew no bounds.
His family hopes this provides you some insight into the grand life of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Lawrence Earl Burkett.
We will have a celebration of his life on Sunday, January 18th beginning at 1:00 P.M. Anyone receiving this note is welcome to attend. You may come and go as you wish. We want to also stress very, very casual attire! There will be pictures, memories, food , football, games and good conversation/stories to celebrate his life. The venue is 650 44th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33703.
Our family requests condolences/memorials be made by contributions to: The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, Florida 33760.
On Thursday, 22 January at 1045 A.M., SOG2 Lawrence Earl Burkett, will be interned, along with his wife, Rosemary L. Burkett at C.W. Young (Bay Pines) Veterans Cemetery in St. Petersburg, FL attended by immediate family only.
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After military service, "Whitey" or "Buckets", as he was known in the Navy, returned to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he studied at the Milwaukee Institute of Technology (MIT) where he met Rosemary Louise Lange. After graduation, he began working for the General Electric (GE) Corporation and later Martin Marietta as a Lab Technician. He remained with those companies for nearly 45 years and received accolades for his inventions and suggestions.
In 1966 he moved to Florida when GE moved his department to a facility on Bryan Dairy Road in North St. Petersburg, Florida.
He married Rosemary in February 1956, and had three sons in the next seven years. His wife, sons, and grand children were his focus of devotion and pride. His oldest son, Russell is a retired US Air Force, Chief Master Sergeant, and Department of Defense/Army civilian. His second son, Roy is married to Jo Ann, who is the loving mother to Larry's two grandchildren (Ryan and Eric). Jo Ann is a Registered Nurse. Roy is a Captain with Tampa Fire/Rescue. Ryan and his wife Leah are the parents of Larry's great-grandchildren (Rylee and Jacob). Ryan also works for Tampa Fire/Rescue as a Fire Fighter/Paramedic. Leah is a teacher of visually impaired children for Hillsborough County Schools. Eric just graduated this month from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a Master of Science in Structural Engineering. Following in Rosemary's footsteps, his youngest son Randy is an accomplished Artist.
Many of Larry's innovations and inventions supported playing and enjoying life with his sons and grandsons. Shortly after moving to Florida, he created Shuffle-board golf which he enjoyed with his sons in their driveway in Clearwater, Florida. His creative and inventive talents were very devoted to supporting Rosemary and Randy with their artistic interests at art shows, pet-portrait business (Animal Expressions), flea-markets and exhibits. The shows and exhibits were transported around the city, county, state and country in a rolling display van specially constructed by Larry.
After Rosemary passed In 2008, Larry began using his creative structural talents to support the organization "Hospice of the Florida Suncoast" building them many ramps, structures and devices to assist them in patient care. He also spent his remaining days, square dancing at venues both at home, in Florida and in Pennsylvania. This became his favorite hobby in his golden years in addition to [missing]
His love, energy, support, and dedication to hard work for family, friends, and shipmates knew no bounds.
His family hopes this provides you some insight into the grand life of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Lawrence Earl Burkett.
We will have a celebration of his life on Sunday, January 18th beginning at 1:00 P.M. Anyone receiving this note is welcome to attend. You may come and go as you wish. We want to also stress very, very casual attire! There will be pictures, memories, food , football, games and good conversation/stories to celebrate his life. The venue is 650 44th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33703.
Our family requests condolences/memorials be made by contributions to: The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, Florida 33760.
On Thursday, 22 January at 1045 A.M., SOG2 Lawrence Earl Burkett, will be interned, along with his wife, Rosemary L. Burkett at C.W. Young (Bay Pines) Veterans Cemetery in St. Petersburg, FL attended by immediate family only.
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BURKETT, Lawrence Earl was born October 27th, 1930 in Ford City, Pennsylvania, to a large rural farm family, and he developed his innovative and creative engineering talents early. He began solidifying those talents after joining the Navy where he served as a Sonar Operator (Sonarman) from 1950-1954. He served in Key West, Chicago/Milwaukee and Charleston, South Carolina aboard the USS Gherardi, where he went on several deployments around the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean on military exercises.
After military service, "Whitey" or "Buckets", as he was known in the Navy, returned to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he studied at the Milwaukee Institute of Technology (MIT) where he met Rosemary Louise Lange. After graduation, he began working for the General Electric (GE) Corporation and later Martin Marietta as a Lab Technician. He remained with those companies for nearly 45 years and received accolades for his inventions and suggestions.
In 1966 he moved to Florida when GE moved his department to a facility on Bryan Dairy Road in North St. Petersburg, Florida.
He married Rosemary in February 1956, and had three sons in the next seven years. His wife, sons, and grand children were his focus of devotion and pride. His oldest son, Russell is a retired US Air Force, Chief Master Sergeant, and Department of Defense/Army civilian. His second son, Roy is married to Jo Ann, who is the loving mother to Larry's two grandchildren (Ryan and Eric). Jo Ann is a Registered Nurse. Roy is a Captain with Tampa Fire/Rescue. Ryan and his wife Leah are the parents of Larry's great-grandchildren (Rylee and Jacob). Ryan also works for Tampa Fire/Rescue as a Fire Fighter/Paramedic. Leah is a teacher of visually impaired children for Hillsborough County Schools. Eric just graduated this month from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a Master of Science in Structural Engineering. Following in Rosemary's footsteps, his youngest son Randy is an accomplished Artist.
Many of Larry's innovations and inventions supported playing and enjoying life with his sons and grandsons. Shortly after moving to Florida, he created Shuffle-board golf which he enjoyed with his sons in their driveway in Clearwater, Florida. His creative and inventive talents were very devoted to supporting Rosemary and Randy with their artistic interests at art shows, pet-portrait business (Animal Expressions), flea-markets and exhibits. The shows and exhibits were transported around the city, county, state and country in a rolling display van specially constructed by Larry.
After Rosemary passed In 2008, Larry began using his creative structural talents to support the organization "Hospice of the Florida Suncoast" building them many ramps, structures and devices to assist them in patient care. He also spent his remaining days, square dancing at venues both at home, in Florida and in Pennsylvania. This became his favorite hobby in his golden years in addition to [missing]
His love, energy, support, and dedication to hard work for family, friends, and shipmates knew no bounds.
His family hopes this provides you some insight into the grand life of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Lawrence Earl Burkett.
We will have a celebration of his life on Sunday, January 18th beginning at 1:00 P.M. Anyone receiving this note is welcome to attend. You may come and go as you wish. We want to also stress very, very casual attire! There will be pictures, memories, food , football, games and good conversation/stories to celebrate his life. The venue is 650 44th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33703.
Our family requests condolences/memorials be made by contributions to: The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, Florida 33760.
On Thursday, 22 January at 1045 A.M., SOG2 Lawrence Earl Burkett, will be interned, along with his wife, Rosemary L. Burkett at C.W. Young (Bay Pines) Veterans Cemetery in St. Petersburg, FL attended by immediate family only.
Source: Unknown (contributed without attribution)
After military service, "Whitey" or "Buckets", as he was known in the Navy, returned to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he studied at the Milwaukee Institute of Technology (MIT) where he met Rosemary Louise Lange. After graduation, he began working for the General Electric (GE) Corporation and later Martin Marietta as a Lab Technician. He remained with those companies for nearly 45 years and received accolades for his inventions and suggestions.
In 1966 he moved to Florida when GE moved his department to a facility on Bryan Dairy Road in North St. Petersburg, Florida.
He married Rosemary in February 1956, and had three sons in the next seven years. His wife, sons, and grand children were his focus of devotion and pride. His oldest son, Russell is a retired US Air Force, Chief Master Sergeant, and Department of Defense/Army civilian. His second son, Roy is married to Jo Ann, who is the loving mother to Larry's two grandchildren (Ryan and Eric). Jo Ann is a Registered Nurse. Roy is a Captain with Tampa Fire/Rescue. Ryan and his wife Leah are the parents of Larry's great-grandchildren (Rylee and Jacob). Ryan also works for Tampa Fire/Rescue as a Fire Fighter/Paramedic. Leah is a teacher of visually impaired children for Hillsborough County Schools. Eric just graduated this month from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a Master of Science in Structural Engineering. Following in Rosemary's footsteps, his youngest son Randy is an accomplished Artist.
Many of Larry's innovations and inventions supported playing and enjoying life with his sons and grandsons. Shortly after moving to Florida, he created Shuffle-board golf which he enjoyed with his sons in their driveway in Clearwater, Florida. His creative and inventive talents were very devoted to supporting Rosemary and Randy with their artistic interests at art shows, pet-portrait business (Animal Expressions), flea-markets and exhibits. The shows and exhibits were transported around the city, county, state and country in a rolling display van specially constructed by Larry.
After Rosemary passed In 2008, Larry began using his creative structural talents to support the organization "Hospice of the Florida Suncoast" building them many ramps, structures and devices to assist them in patient care. He also spent his remaining days, square dancing at venues both at home, in Florida and in Pennsylvania. This became his favorite hobby in his golden years in addition to [missing]
His love, energy, support, and dedication to hard work for family, friends, and shipmates knew no bounds.
His family hopes this provides you some insight into the grand life of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Lawrence Earl Burkett.
We will have a celebration of his life on Sunday, January 18th beginning at 1:00 P.M. Anyone receiving this note is welcome to attend. You may come and go as you wish. We want to also stress very, very casual attire! There will be pictures, memories, food , football, games and good conversation/stories to celebrate his life. The venue is 650 44th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33703.
Our family requests condolences/memorials be made by contributions to: The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, Florida 33760.
On Thursday, 22 January at 1045 A.M., SOG2 Lawrence Earl Burkett, will be interned, along with his wife, Rosemary L. Burkett at C.W. Young (Bay Pines) Veterans Cemetery in St. Petersburg, FL attended by immediate family only.
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