Lifelong Piceance Creek resident Dale Burke passed away Sunday Jan. 11, 2015, at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, CO.
Dale was the 13th of 15 children born to Fred and Annie Burke.
Dale attended the Burke rural schoolhouse, located one mile from the ranch where he continued his schooling through the eighth grade.
As a young man, Dale worked as a cowboy for the Square S Cattle Co. until being drafted into the U.S. Army in June of 1954. He spent two years in the military, serving primarily in France alongside his brother, Dean, as a 42nd Field Hospital cook.
After an honorable discharge in 1956, he returned home to Piceance Creek to work with his brothers on the family ranch, where he remained for the rest of his life. Dale was a true cowboy and horseman.
Dale was preceded in death by: his father and mother; five brothers: Jim, Dick, Tom, Casey and Freddie; and five sisters, Mary, Anna, Winnie, Claire and Nancy.
Meeker Herald 01/22/2015
http://www.theheraldtimes.com/holding-their-ground/rio-blanco-county/
Dale was the 13th of 15 children born to Fred and Annie Burke.
Dale attended the Burke rural schoolhouse, located one mile from the ranch where he continued his schooling through the eighth grade.
As a young man, Dale worked as a cowboy for the Square S Cattle Co. until being drafted into the U.S. Army in June of 1954. He spent two years in the military, serving primarily in France alongside his brother, Dean, as a 42nd Field Hospital cook.
After an honorable discharge in 1956, he returned home to Piceance Creek to work with his brothers on the family ranch, where he remained for the rest of his life. Dale was a true cowboy and horseman.
Dale was preceded in death by: his father and mother; five brothers: Jim, Dick, Tom, Casey and Freddie; and five sisters, Mary, Anna, Winnie, Claire and Nancy.
Meeker Herald 01/22/2015
http://www.theheraldtimes.com/holding-their-ground/rio-blanco-county/
Lifelong Piceance Creek resident Dale Burke passed away Sunday Jan. 11, 2015, at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, CO.
Dale was the 13th of 15 children born to Fred and Annie Burke.
Dale attended the Burke rural schoolhouse, located one mile from the ranch where he continued his schooling through the eighth grade.
As a young man, Dale worked as a cowboy for the Square S Cattle Co. until being drafted into the U.S. Army in June of 1954. He spent two years in the military, serving primarily in France alongside his brother, Dean, as a 42nd Field Hospital cook.
After an honorable discharge in 1956, he returned home to Piceance Creek to work with his brothers on the family ranch, where he remained for the rest of his life. Dale was a true cowboy and horseman.
Dale was preceded in death by: his father and mother; five brothers: Jim, Dick, Tom, Casey and Freddie; and five sisters, Mary, Anna, Winnie, Claire and Nancy.
Meeker Herald 01/22/2015
http://www.theheraldtimes.com/holding-their-ground/rio-blanco-county/
Dale was the 13th of 15 children born to Fred and Annie Burke.
Dale attended the Burke rural schoolhouse, located one mile from the ranch where he continued his schooling through the eighth grade.
As a young man, Dale worked as a cowboy for the Square S Cattle Co. until being drafted into the U.S. Army in June of 1954. He spent two years in the military, serving primarily in France alongside his brother, Dean, as a 42nd Field Hospital cook.
After an honorable discharge in 1956, he returned home to Piceance Creek to work with his brothers on the family ranch, where he remained for the rest of his life. Dale was a true cowboy and horseman.
Dale was preceded in death by: his father and mother; five brothers: Jim, Dick, Tom, Casey and Freddie; and five sisters, Mary, Anna, Winnie, Claire and Nancy.
Meeker Herald 01/22/2015
http://www.theheraldtimes.com/holding-their-ground/rio-blanco-county/
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