Burke, John J. (Died 1896)

BURKE

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Date: 12/17/2008 at 20:50:33

LeMars Sentinel
October 15, 1896

DEATH OF JOHN J. BURKE.

Tuesday morning about six o'clock John J. Burke died at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.W. Burke, on Court street, aged nineteen years and
eight months. He was troubled with heart disease and had not been well for a
long time and for the past week has been seriously ill, although the case
was not considered dangerous until the night before his death.

The funeral services were held at St. James Catholic church on Thursday
morning at nine o'clock. The sympathy of friends will go out to the family
in this bereavement.

FLAG AT HALF MAST.

The question as been asked several times as to why the flag on the high
school was at half mast Tuesday. It is on account of the death of J.J.
Burke, who was one of the students of the high school.