Submitted by: Dan Rich
Aug. 29, 1916 - April 24, 1996
South Bend Tribune 4/25/1996
MISHAWAKA - Edward W. Burke, 79, of White Oak Drive, died of natural causes at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in his home. Mr. Burke retired in 1983 as district sales manager for Express Freight Line, South Bend. He was born Aug. 29, 1916, in Mishawaka.
On Nov. 23, 1939, in Elkhart, he married Alice M. Jarvis. She survives with a daughter, Barbara Ann Friedrick of Terre Haute, Ind.; a son, Edward of California; three grandchildren; and a sister, Rose Janonis of Milwaukee. He was a member of Elks Lodge of Englewood, Fla., Father Nieuwland Assembly Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph Catholic Church, South Bend Transportation Club, Mid-American Conference Officials and Big 10 Conference Officials, and was past president of St. Joseph Valley Officials Association.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Joseph Catholic Church. Entombment will be in Fairview Mausoleum. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St., where a rosary will be said at 7 p.m.