Florence Evelyn (Hendricks) Burkett (2015)
BURKETT, HENDRICKS, HARGROVE, PARKER, HULL
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 10/4/2015 at 08:58:09
Ochiltree Funeral Service
Winterset, Iowa
Saturday, October 03, 2015FLORENCE BURKETT, Winterset
September 10, 1918 - October 2, 2015
Florence Burkett passed away Saturday, October 2, 2015 at the Winterset Care Center South. She was 97.
A visitation will be held 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, October 4, at Ochiltree Funeral Service, where family will be present during these times.
Services will be private with burial in the Peru Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Activity Fund at the Winterset Care Center South and online condolences may be left for the family at ochiltree.com.
Florence Evelyn Hendricks was born September 10, 1918 on a farm near Pulaski, Iowa to H. F. and Flora (Hargrove) Hendricks. Her childhood was spent in Davis County and she graduated from Cantril High School. Her marriage to Charles W. Burkett took place on September 22, 1937 at Bloomfield, Iowa and to this union four children were born.
She is survived by her children, Clarence (Pat) Burkett of Apache Junction, AZ; Dean (Christine) Burkett of Earlham; Janet (Larry) Parker of Winterset; Joe Burkett of Conroe, TX; ten grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, six great great grandchildren, extended family and a host of friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband in 1982; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Burkett; a sister, Edith (Jess) Hull, and two brothers, Lawrence Hendricks and Francis (Estel) Hendricks.
________________________Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 07, 2015FLORENCE BURKETT, Winterset
Florence Burkett, 97, died Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at Winterset Care Center South. A visitation was held Sunday, Oct.4, 2015, at Ochiltree Funeral Service. Services will be private with burial in the Peru Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Activity Fund at the Winterset Care Center South.
Florence Evelyn Hendricks was born Sept. 10, 1918, on a farm near Pulaski, Iowa, to H. F.. and Flora (Hargrove) Hendricks. Her childhood was spent in Davis County, and she graduated from Cantril High School in 1936. Her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Charles W. Burkett, took place on Sept. 22, 1937, at Bloomfield, Iowa; to this union four children were born.
During her working years she raised her family and was a devoted farmwife, milking cows, selling cream in town, gardening, canning and cooking many wonderful meals for her family. She also worked outside the home as a waitress at the Northside Cafe and later at Montross' Soda Fountain and Restaurant, where she waitressed and was a cook for 26 years. When the movie “Cold Turkey” was filmed in Winterset, Florence made pies for the film crew and actors, Bob Newhart and Dick Van Dyke. Florence and her family lived in West Des Moines, Des Moines and Norwalk before moving to Winterset in 1958 and later to a farm west of Peru.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Burkett; a sister Edith (Jess) Hull and two brothers, Lawrence Hendricks and Francis (Estel) Hendricks.
She is survived by her children: Clarence (Pat) Burkett of Apache Junction, Ariz; Dean (Christine) Burkett of Earlham; Janet (Larry) Parker of Winterset and Joe Burkett of Conroe, Texas, 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and many other family members and friends.
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