ARNOLD H. BURKLE 1930-2003

GOEDKEN, BURKLE, PLATTEN, GALVAN, PRIER, SPERFSLAGE, RECKER, PASKER, VASKE, KOELKER, DIGMANN

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 11/5/2003 at 17:53:45

Arnold H. Burkle

Telegraph Herald - Sunday, September 7, 2003

FARLEY, Iowa - Arnold H. Burkle, 73, of 8406 Farley Road, rural Farley, died at 8:10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, at home.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Farley, with the Rev. Raymond Burkle, the Rev. Dennis Cain and many other priests from the area officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Farley. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home, Farley, where there will be a parish rosary service at 4:30 p.m., and a wake service at 7 p.m. Friends also may call after 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Mr. Burkle farmed in the rural Farley area.

He was born on March 25, 1930, in Dubuque, son of Ralph C. and Thekla (Goedken) Burkle. He married Florella Platten on Aug. 25, 1953, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Colesburg.

He received his education in the Dyersville area rural schools and Xavier School, Dyersville.

He was a member of St. Joseph's Parish, Farley, and its Altar and Rosary Society.

He enjoyed dancing, bowling, playing cards, gardening and going to farm auctions.

Surviving are his wife, Florella Burkle, of Farley; nine children, Daniel (friend, Joni) Burkle, of West Des Moines, Marilyn (Mark Christiansen) Burkle, of Milwaukee, Dean Burkle, of Dubuque, Doris Galvan, of Dunn, N.C., Steven Burkle and Beverly (Wayne) Prier, both of Dyersville, the Rev. Raymond Burkle, of Placid, Douglas (Bibha) Burkle, of Richmond, Va., and LeAnn (friend, Craig) Burkle, of Johnston; eight grandchildren, Jennifer and Russell Galvan, Michael, Roxanne, Valerie, Melissa and Douglas Prier and Vasu Burkle; two sisters, Helen (Bob) Sperfslage, of Greeley, and Marie (Lloyd) Recker, of Manchester; two brothers, Louis (AnnaMae) Burkle, of Scotch Grove, and John Burkle, of Dubuque; four sisters-in-law, Dolores (Fritz) Pasker, Mary (Ralph) Vaske, Bernadine (Bill) Koelker and Jeanette (Bill) Digmann; and two brothers-in-law, George (Judy) Platten and Roger Platten.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Anna and Agnes Burkle, in infancy; and a sister-in-law, Beta Burkle.

The family of Arnold wishes to thank the Mercy Oncology staff (especially Sue Bushman) and Hospice of Dubuque (especially Dorothy) for the care and kindness shown to Arnold and his family during his illness.