John Edward Burke

1927 - 1949  (22 years)

• Name	John Edward Burke
  Born	28 Apr 1927	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Oct 1949	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	22 Oct 1949	Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I5126	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family	Gladys Elaine Houston,   b. 16 Feb 1931, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 14 Apr 2001, Phelan, San Bernardino County, California, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1948	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F2091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Apr 1927 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 18 Sep 1948 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 20 Oct 1949 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 22 Oct 1949 - Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Welder Dies After Clothes Catch on Fire Published in The Shreveport Times on October 21, 1949
  		Obituary of John Edward Burke Published in The Shreveport Times on October 22, 1949
  		U.S. World War II Draft Card - John Edward Burke Name: John Edward Burke Race: White Age: 19 Birth Date: 28 Apr 1927 Birth Place: Shreveport, Louisiana Residence Place: Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA Registration Date: 27 Jan 1947 Registration Place: Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA Employer: None Weight: 161 lbs. Complexion: Light Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown Height: 5' 11" Next of Kin: Mrs. J. M. Burke

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone of John Edward Burke Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
  		Footstone of John Edward Burke Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Final Rites For Welder Here Today Funeral services for John E. Burke, 22-year-old Shreveport welder who died Thursday night of burns received earlier in the day, will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Rose-Neath chapel. The Rev. P.C. Pennell, pastor of Ingleside Baptist church, will officiate. Interment will be in Forest Park cemetery. Herschel Bickham, 33, another welder who risked his life in an attempt to save his fellow worker, was recuperating from second degree burns at the Schumpert sanitarium yesterday. The fatal accident occurred when Burke's clothing caught fire as he worked at the bottom of a 15-foot sand hole at the Superior Iron Works fabricating plant on the Old Mooringsport road about 9 a.m. Thursday. The death of Burke, who with his wife lived at the Bickham residence, 322 LaSalle street, came as a great shock to Bickham. The two men had been lifelong friends, having attended the Louisiana Avenue grammar school together and later were students at Fair Park high school. Burke is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladys Elaine Burke, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Burke of Shreveport. Pallbearers will be Palmer Attaway, James Lincoln, Charles Lincoln, Ed King, Clayton Scott and Wayne Hermes. (Published in The Shreveport Times on October 22, 1949)