NAME: SAM HOUSTON BURKE, AGE 74, LONGTIME ATOKA, OK RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 14, 1921 AT LORENZO, TX TO SAM HUNTER AND JANIE CINDUSKY (ROUSAVILLE) BURKE. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 74 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE ELEMENTARY AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: MARY KATHERINE WISE ON AUGUST 17, 1942 AT HOUSTON, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AS A ROAD MECHANIC AND WAS CO-OWNER AND OPERATOR OF BURKE BROTHERS GARAGE. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WWII AT BOTH NEW GUINEA AND SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE, RECEIVING THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON & STAR, AND COMMENDATION FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE FROM THE MAJOR GENERAL OF THE U.S. ARMY. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE ATOKA CITY COUNCIL AND AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARY BURKE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SONS: SAMMY BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. RICK BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: JUDY LANE AND HUSBAND MAX OF ATOKA, OK. CAROLYN LILLARD AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF ATOKA, OK. 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: BILL BURKE OF PISMO BEACH, CA. DOICE BURKE OF ARROYO GRANDE, CA. BOBBY BURKE OF ATOKA, OK. ROY WAYNE BURKE OF ARROYO GRANDE, CA. BILLY JOE BURKE OF ARROYO GRANDE, CA. BUSTER BURKE OF SALINAS, CA. SISTER: LORETTA PEACOCK OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SAM AND JANIE (MAY, 1986) BURKE OF ATOKA. BROTHER: HERMAN L. BURKE. SISTER-IN-LAW: HELEN BURKE.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: BILL FLOWERS, BILL MALONE, HARVEY CAPPS, ERVIN LILLARD, MARVIN COCHRAN, BOBBY BURKE, D. W. DARNELL, HERSHEL FLOWERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RANDY MASHBURN, HUEY SEWELL, MAX COPELAND, FAUSTER LOVELACE, GASTON JONES, AL SCIFRER, DONNIE ALLEN, JEFF SEWELL, PAUL MULLINS, CHARLEY BOLEY, CLARENCE DOWNING, GILBERT MANSELL.