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 Donald
Burks
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[November
24, 2007]
MOUNT
PULASKI -- Donald I. Burks, 92, of Mount Pulaski
died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, at 1:25 a.m. at
St. John's Hospital in Springfield. |
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His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski, with the Rev. Kevin Treptow
officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11
a.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Illini Cemetery, rural
Warrensburg.
Mr. Burks was a retired farmer.
He was born Jan. 9, 1915, in Christian County
to Irvin L. and Esther S. Furstenberg Burks. He
married Dorothy Camp in 1937 and she died in
1938. He married Helen Emrick in Mattoon on Dec.
27, 1941; she preceded him in death on Oct. 2,
1994.
He is survived by one daughter, Charlotte
(and Dale) Mattingly of Columbia; one brother,
Elmo (and Francis) Burks of Burlson, Texas; a
sister-in-law, Mary Burks of Decatur; three
grandchildren, Allen Mattingly of Waterloo,
Brenda Rey of Waterloo and Karla Landgraf of Red
Bud; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by four
sisters, one brother and an infant son, Richard. |
He was a member of the Mount Pulaski First
United Methodist Church, where he served as
trustee for many years.
Memorials may be made to Vonderlieth Living
Center in Mount Pulaski.
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