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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Vera V. Burk
Vera V.
Burk
October 21, 1918 – February 28, 2008
Vera V. Burk's Obituary
Vera V. Burk, 89, died Feb. 28, 2008, at Thorne Care Center, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson.
She was born Oct. 21, 1918, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Carl Alec and Lilly Johnson Sward. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended beauty school in Hutchinson. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a beautician, co-owner and operator of Bob's Dixie Dip, Hutchinson, and then worked at Coberly Drug, Hutchinson.
She belonged to Emanuel Lutheran Church.
On Sept. 20, 1941, she married Robert Q. Burk in Hutchinson. He died March 28, 1979.
Survivors include: a son, Charles "Chuck," Hutchinson; a grandson, Eric Burk, Hutchinson; two nephews, Arvid Sward, Pearland, Texas, and Jon Sward, Emporia; and a niece, Judy Essick, Tucumcari, N.M.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. today in Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, with Pastor Tim Carey presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.
Memorials may be sent to Hospice Care of Kansas or Wesley Towers, both in care of the mortuary.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.
She was born Oct. 21, 1918, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Carl Alec and Lilly Johnson Sward. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and attended beauty school in Hutchinson. A lifetime resident of Hutchinson, she was a beautician, co-owner and operator of Bob's Dixie Dip, Hutchinson, and then worked at Coberly Drug, Hutchinson.
She belonged to Emanuel Lutheran Church.
On Sept. 20, 1941, she married Robert Q. Burk in Hutchinson. He died March 28, 1979.
Survivors include: a son, Charles "Chuck," Hutchinson; a grandson, Eric Burk, Hutchinson; two nephews, Arvid Sward, Pearland, Texas, and Jon Sward, Emporia; and a niece, Judy Essick, Tucumcari, N.M.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. today in Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, with Pastor Tim Carey presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.
Memorials may be sent to Hospice Care of Kansas or Wesley Towers, both in care of the mortuary.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.
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