NAME: MARY KATHERINE "JO" (WISE) BURKE, AGE 81, LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 9, 1925 AT LANE, OK TO TOM AND FANNIE JANE (WOLFE) WISE. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR. AGE: 81 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: JO ATTENDED LANE AND ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: SAM HOUSTON BURKE ON AUGUST 17, 1942 IN HOUSTON, TX. OCCUPATION: S HE WAS A HOUSEWIFE, HOMEMAKER, AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JO WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. JO LOVED BOWLING AND WAS IN THE ATOKA BOWLING LEAGUE. A FORMER MEMBER OF THE GARDEN CLUB, SHE LOVED COOKING, CAMPING, AND R-V-ING. SURVIVED BY SONS: SAMMY BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. RICKY BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: JUDY LANE AND HUSBAND MAX OF ATOKA, OK. CAROLYN LILLARD AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF ATOKA, OK. 9 GRANDCHILDREN AND 15 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. SISTER: SHORTY HUNTER OF KLAMATH FALL, OREGON SISTER-IN-LAW: LORETTA PEACOCK OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: BOBBY AND DEE BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. ROY WAYNE AND BONNIE BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. BILLY JOE BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. BUSTER AND PAT BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: SAM HOUSTON BURKE ON NOVEMBER 14, 1996. PARENTS: TOM AND FANNIE WISE. BROTHERS: BEN AND TOM WISE. SISTERS: ELOIS WISE, VELMA CREWS, AND PAULINE SHEFFIELD.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19,2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY. OFFICIATING: BRO. WAYNE GIST. ASSISTING: REV. JOE CHAPIN. CASKETBEARERS: TODD LILLARD, CRAIG DAY, CHRIS TREE, TROY GAMMON, GARICK BURKE, RANDAHL LILLARD, SETH TREE, JACKSON DAY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL FLOWER, BILL MALONE, D.W. DARNELL, HARVEY CAPPS, PAUL HOWARD, JODY SHERRILL, MAX COPELAND. FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.