BURKE, Dorothea A. SHEMANSKI 1886 - 1981

BURKE, SHEMANSKI, DRISH

Posted By: Richard K Thompson (email)
Date: 4/14/2012 at 20:27:51

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Thursday, October 1, 1981
Page 14, Column 6

Dorothea BURKE dies at 95

Dorothea BURKE, 95, died at 10 a.m. today at the Parkview Care Center. Her home is at 500 E. Kirkwood.

Services are pending at the Raymond Funeral Home.

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Fairfield Ledger
October 2, 1981

BURKE rites on Saturday

Services for Dorothea BURKE, 95, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church with the Rev. William Sullivan officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Prayers for a Christian Wake will be recited at the Raymond Funeral Home at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening.

Mrs. BURKE died at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Parkview Care Center where she had been patient (sic.) for the past two years.

Dorothea A. BURKE was born Feb. 4, 1886, in Jefferson County. She was the daughter of Peter Paul and Katherine (sic. Kathrine) DRISH SHEMANSKI.

She was married to Frank P. BURKE May 19, 1908. They were the first couple to be married in St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield. Her husband preceded her in death Oct. 24, 1965.

Mrs. BURKE maintained the family home at 500 E. Kirkwood until she entered the care center in September, 1979., She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and the Altar and Rosary Society.

Survivors include three sons: Robert and Bernard, Fairfield, and Albert, Poloma Heights, Md. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by one son and one daughter.

* Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Evergreen cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa. 3rd.112.
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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Friday, October 9, 1981
Page 10, Column 5

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JEFFERSON COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHEA A. BURKE, DECEASED.

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF DOROTHEA A. BURKE, DECEASED:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ON THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1981, THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DOROTHEA A. BURKE, DECEASED, BEARING DATE OF THE 19TH DAY OF MAY, 1964, WAS ADMITTED TO PROBATE IN THE ABOVE NAMED COURT AND THAT ROBERT J. BURKE WAS APPOINTED EXECUTOR OF SAID ESTATE.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT ANY ACTION TO SET ASIDE SAID WILL MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAID COUNTY WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE, OR THEREAFTER BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO SAID ESTATE ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT TO THE UNDERSIGNED, AND CREDITORS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST SAID ESTATE SHALL FILE THEM WITH THE CLERK OF THE ABOVE NAMED DISTRICT COURT, AS PROVIDED BY LAW, DULY AUTHENTICATED, FOR ALLOWANCE; AND UNLESS SO FILED WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE (UNLESS OTHERWISE ALLOWED OR PAID) SUCH CLAIM SHALL THEREAFTER BE FOREVER BARRED.

DATED THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1981.

ROBERT J. BURKE
EXECUTOR OF SAID ESTATE
410 NORTH MAIN STREET
FAIRFIELD, IOWA 52556

ROBERT D. PARKIN
ATTORNEY FOR SAID EXECUTOR
PARKIN & CAMERON
119 NORTH COURT STREET
FAIRFIELD, IOWA 52556
DATE OF SECOND PUBLICATION
16 DAY OF OCTOBER, 1981
Oct 9, 16, 1981

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*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.