NAME: RONALD DALE BURKE, AGE 50, OF ATOKA AND FORMERLY FROM MUSTANG AND CHOCTAW, OK.

BORN: FEBRUARY 28, 1954 AT SALINAS, CA. TO BOBBY DEAN AND BELVA DELOIS (FINK) BURKE.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2005 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

AGE: 50 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS

EDUCATION: RON ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL IN ASHLAND, OREGON AND FROM 5TH GRADE THROUGH

GRADUATING IN 1972 AT ATOKA.

MARRIED: KATHERINE HACKER ON APRIL 18, 1981 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: RON WORKED FOR MARVIN COCHRAN AND TRAINED AS A MECHANIC. HE WORKED SOME FOR BURKE BROTHERS ROAD SERVICE. HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION AND WORKED 18 YEARS FOR COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. OF OKLAHOMA. HE WAS A SUPERVISOR FOR OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RON WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

SURVIVED BY

SON: JULIAN DAGE BURKE OF MOORE, OK.

PARENTS: BOB AND DEE BURKE OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS: JANET THOMPSON AND HUSBAND JAMES OF CHOCTAW, OK.

CHRIS ROY AND HUSBAND JOHN OF HOUSTON, TX.

BROTHER: DON BURKE OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

BOTH SET OF GRANDPARENTS.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN.

ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL

CASKETBEARERS: RICKIE BURKE, CARL HUTSON, CHUCK MONDAY, KELLY KENNEDY, JIMMY CAMPBELL, STEVE MANSELL, TODD LILLARD, WILLIAM HACKER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: D.W. DARNELL, BILL ALLEN, BILL MALONE, HARVEY CAPPS.

AMILY NIGHT ~ MONDAY 6:00 PM