The Shemwell Family

John Delbert “Johnnie” BurkeAge: 94 years19162011

Name
John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke
Given names
John Delbert
Surname
Burke
Nickname
Johnnie
Birth November 22, 1916 30 24
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: 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 brotherJames Raymond Burke
July 26, 1919 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherHershel Melvin Burke
February 3, 1922 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterVonnie Elizabeth Burke
March 13, 1924 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles 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 brotherJames Raymond Burke
September 29, 1942 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherErnest Ewing Burke
December 17, 1942 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherHershel Melvin Burke
May 10, 1943 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jerry Towery Burke
February 8, 1944 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sisterVonnie 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 sonJerry Towery Burke
November 15, 1973 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherClarence Ewing Burke
April 27, 1974 (Age 57 years)
Burial of a brotherClarence Ewing Burke
April 29, 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 motherMaude Gertrude “Maudie” Stagner
January 8, 1979 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Elzie Burke
October 18, 1988 (Age 71 years)
Death of a sisterOra Mae Burke
July 4, 1997 (Age 80 years)
Burial of a sisterOra Mae Burke
July 7, 1997 (Age 80 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Death of a brotherCharles Owen Burke
June 10, 2004 (Age 87 years)
Burial of a brotherCharles Owen Burke
June 12, 2004 (Age 87 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens
Death of a wifeMary Ita Towery
May 18, 2010 (Age 93 years)
Burial of a wifeMary Ita Towery
May 22, 2010 (Age 93 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens
Death March 11, 2011 (Age 94 years)
Burial March 15, 2011 (4 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens
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elder brother
23 months
elder brother
21 months
elder sister
Ora Mae Burke
Birth: January 24, 1915 28 22Vienna, Johnson, Illinois, United States
Death: July 4, 1997Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
22 months
himself
John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke
Birth: November 22, 1916 30 24Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 11, 2011Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
James Raymond Burke
Birth: July 26, 1919 33 26Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 29, 1942Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Hershel Melvin Burke
Birth: February 3, 1922 35 29Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 10, 1943Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Vonnie Elizabeth Burke
Birth: March 13, 1924 37 31Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 26, 1944Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Charles Owen Burke
Birth: May 3, 1927 41 34Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 10, 2004Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with Mary Ita Towery - View this family
himself
John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke
Birth: November 22, 1916 30 24Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 11, 2011Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
wife
Mary Ita Towery
Birth: May 26, 1921Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 2010Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Jerry Towery Burke
Birth: February 8, 1944 27 22Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 15, 1973Christian, Kentucky, United States

John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke has 13 first cousins recorded

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