John Delbert BurkeAge: 94 years1916–2011
- Name
- John Delbert Burke
- Given names
- John Delbert
- Surname
- Burke
 Birth | November 22, 1916 30 24 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 days)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 13 months)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Birth of a brother | James Raymond Burke July 26, 1919 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Hershel Melvin Burke February 3, 1922 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Vonnie Elizabeth Burke March 13, 1924 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Owen Burke May 3, 1927 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a brother | James Raymond Burke September 29, 1942 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a father | Ernest Ewing Burke December 17, 1942 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a brother | Hershel Melvin Burke May 10, 1943 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a sister | Vonnie Elizabeth Burke September 26, 1944 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a brother | Clarence Ewing Burke April 27, 1974 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a mother | Maude Gertrude “Maudie” Stagner January 8, 1979 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Elzie Burke October 18, 1988 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ora Mae Burke July 4, 1997 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Owen Burke June 10, 2004 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | March 11, 2011 (Age 94 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ernest Ewing Burke Birth: April 9, 1886 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 17, 1942 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Maude Gertrude “Maudie” Stagner Birth: October 7, 1892 43 37 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1979 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
Clarence Ewing Burke Birth: June 9, 1911 25 18 Death: April 27, 1974 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Thomas Elzie Burke Birth: April 25, 1913 27 20 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: October 18, 1988 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Ora Mae Burke Birth: January 24, 1915 28 22 Death: July 4, 1997 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months herself |
John Delbert Burke Birth: November 22, 1916 30 24 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 11, 2011 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
James Raymond Burke Birth: July 26, 1919 33 26 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 29, 1942 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Hershel Melvin Burke Birth: February 3, 1922 35 29 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: May 10, 1943 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Vonnie Elizabeth Burke Birth: March 13, 1924 37 31 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: September 26, 1944 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Charles Owen Burke Birth: May 3, 1927 41 34 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 2004 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |