Extracted from The Corpus Christi Times (Corpus Christi, TX)
BURKE
Funeral services for Eva Burke, 99, of 503 B Charlton, were conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church, with Dr. W. Morris House and Dr. Stewart Clendenin officiating. Burial followed in the Ryans Chapel Cemetery. The body was in state in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel.
Mrs. Burke was born on May 1, 1877 in Angelina County and died on Wednesday morning at her residence. She was a life member of the Women's Society of Christian Service and a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Oneta Victery, Houston, Mrs. Laura Lee Mayo, Dallas, Mrs. Louis [sic Louise] Stroull, Freeport, Louisiana; two sons, James D. Burke, Corpus Christi, Ward R. Burke, Lufkin; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren.
Gipson Funeral Home Directors
Thursday, December 23, 1976