Brothers Meet For First Time In Sixty Years
Pine River - Ezra Burke had a surprise the other morning when a taxi from Waupaca drove up in front of his home in Pine River and a man stepped out. At first Ezra didn't recognize the man, his brother, Albert, whom he hadn't seen for 60 years.
The lat time the brothers saw each other was when Albert was best man at Ezra's wedding at Plainfield in 1902.
Albert is married and lives in Crossfield, Canada. He expects to visit his brother here for two weeks.
-Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, June 19, 1962.
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Ezra E. Burke
Funeral services for Ezra Burke, 86, Pine River, a retired farmer, who died at the Wautoma Hospital early this morning, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Free Methodist Church, Pine River. The Rev. David Derber will officiate. Burial will b e in Pine River Cemetery.
Mr. Burke was born May 8 1878 in Adams County. He was married to Cora Ward who died in 1956. He married Bertha Lathan Sept. 25, 1964.
Survivors include his wife; daughter, rs. Mike Finnegan, Pine River, three grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at he Hempel Funeral Home, Poy Sippi, from 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. on Thursday and at the church from noon until the hour of service.
-Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Tuesday, February 2, 1965.
Pine River - Ezra Burke had a surprise the other morning when a taxi from Waupaca drove up in front of his home in Pine River and a man stepped out. At first Ezra didn't recognize the man, his brother, Albert, whom he hadn't seen for 60 years.
The lat time the brothers saw each other was when Albert was best man at Ezra's wedding at Plainfield in 1902.
Albert is married and lives in Crossfield, Canada. He expects to visit his brother here for two weeks.
-Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, June 19, 1962.
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Ezra E. Burke
Funeral services for Ezra Burke, 86, Pine River, a retired farmer, who died at the Wautoma Hospital early this morning, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Free Methodist Church, Pine River. The Rev. David Derber will officiate. Burial will b e in Pine River Cemetery.
Mr. Burke was born May 8 1878 in Adams County. He was married to Cora Ward who died in 1956. He married Bertha Lathan Sept. 25, 1964.
Survivors include his wife; daughter, rs. Mike Finnegan, Pine River, three grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at he Hempel Funeral Home, Poy Sippi, from 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. on Thursday and at the church from noon until the hour of service.
-Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Tuesday, February 2, 1965.
Brothers Meet For First Time In Sixty Years
Pine River - Ezra Burke had a surprise the other morning when a taxi from Waupaca drove up in front of his home in Pine River and a man stepped out. At first Ezra didn't recognize the man, his brother, Albert, whom he hadn't seen for 60 years.
The lat time the brothers saw each other was when Albert was best man at Ezra's wedding at Plainfield in 1902.
Albert is married and lives in Crossfield, Canada. He expects to visit his brother here for two weeks.
-Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, June 19, 1962.
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Ezra E. Burke
Funeral services for Ezra Burke, 86, Pine River, a retired farmer, who died at the Wautoma Hospital early this morning, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Free Methodist Church, Pine River. The Rev. David Derber will officiate. Burial will b e in Pine River Cemetery.
Mr. Burke was born May 8 1878 in Adams County. He was married to Cora Ward who died in 1956. He married Bertha Lathan Sept. 25, 1964.
Survivors include his wife; daughter, rs. Mike Finnegan, Pine River, three grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at he Hempel Funeral Home, Poy Sippi, from 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. on Thursday and at the church from noon until the hour of service.
-Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Tuesday, February 2, 1965.
Pine River - Ezra Burke had a surprise the other morning when a taxi from Waupaca drove up in front of his home in Pine River and a man stepped out. At first Ezra didn't recognize the man, his brother, Albert, whom he hadn't seen for 60 years.
The lat time the brothers saw each other was when Albert was best man at Ezra's wedding at Plainfield in 1902.
Albert is married and lives in Crossfield, Canada. He expects to visit his brother here for two weeks.
-Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, June 19, 1962.
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Ezra E. Burke
Funeral services for Ezra Burke, 86, Pine River, a retired farmer, who died at the Wautoma Hospital early this morning, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Free Methodist Church, Pine River. The Rev. David Derber will officiate. Burial will b e in Pine River Cemetery.
Mr. Burke was born May 8 1878 in Adams County. He was married to Cora Ward who died in 1956. He married Bertha Lathan Sept. 25, 1964.
Survivors include his wife; daughter, rs. Mike Finnegan, Pine River, three grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at he Hempel Funeral Home, Poy Sippi, from 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. on Thursday and at the church from noon until the hour of service.
-Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Tuesday, February 2, 1965.
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