Owen J. Burke (1915-1984) served in the United States Army during World War II where he earned two purple hearts. He later worked as a draftsman for Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc. before WWII. He worked as a dispatcher for the Halls Motor Transit Company in East Brunswick, New Jersey from 1951 to 1978. He never married. (b. January 16, 1915; 18 Kearney Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. May 4, 1984; Colonia, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA) Social Security Number 157101048 and Military Service Number 32921482.
Name:
Owen Joseph Burke, and Owney Burke. He was born as Owen Joseph Burke and used Owen John Burke on his WWII draft registration.
Parents:
He was the son of John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) and Josephine Smith (1875-1962).
Birth:
January 16, 1915 at 18 Kearney Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Baptism:
He was baptized at Saint Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Siblings:
Bertha Burke (1902-1971) who married Stephen H. Prasky (1897-1965); William Burke II (1905-1996) who married Eleanor Catherine Outwater (1912-1978); Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) who married Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968); John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) aka John Stephen Burke who married Elizabeth Jones (1909-1958); Margaret Burke (1913-1970) who married David Thomas Morgan (c1914-c1974).
Draftsman:
Owen worked as a draftsman for the Manhattan engineering company of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc.
World War II:
He had one year of high school when he enlisted as a Private in the United States Army in Newark, New Jersey on May 12, 1943. He listed his occupation as "draftsman".
Wounded:
Jersey Journal on Saturday, November 18, 1944: "Wounded Second Time. P.F.C. Owen J. Burke, of the infantry, was wounded the second time August 31 in southern France. This information was received recently by his mother, Mrs. Josephine Burke, of 740 Grand Street. P.F.C. Burke, who is 28, and a native of Jersey City, was first struck by enemy fire on March 13 in the Italian fighting. Since his last injury, he has finished a period of hospitalization and returned to active duty. He is a graduate of St. Patrick's School and was an employee of the Air Reduction Sales Co."
Dispatcher:
He worked as a dispatcher for the Halls Motor Transit Company in East Brunswick, New Jersey from 1951 to 1978.
Colonia, New Jersey:
In 1979, after he retired, he moved from Union, Union County, New Jersey to Colonia, Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Death:
May 4, 1984 at the East Orange Veterans Hospital in East Orange, New Jersey.
Obituary:
Newark Star-Ledger on Saturday, May 5, 1984: "Owen J. Burke, 69, of Colonia died yesterday in the East Orange Veterans Hospital. A Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday in the St. John Vianney Church, Colonia, following the funeral from the Leon J. Gerity Funeral Home, Woodbridge. Mr. Burke was a dispatcher employed by the Halls Motor Transit Company of East Brunswick for 27 years before retiring six years ago. He was a member of the Teamsters Union, Local 641, Jersey City. Mr. Burke served in the Army during World War II and was a member of the American Legion Post 388 of Jersey City. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Union before moving to Colonia five years ago. Surviving are two brothers, William and John, and a sister Mrs. May V. Norton."
Memories about Owen Burke:
John Edward Burke (1934- ) said: "Owen worked for a cab company, Junction Cab Company which had it's office at the corner of Communipaw Avenue and Grand Street. Owen later worked at a trucking company after the war, he had two purple hearts. He was in General Mark Clark's division in Italy. I remember seeing a letter that he wrote my father during the war. He also fought in Africa. He had many medals and two purple hearts. He was wounded badly. He was very soft spoken. Owen worked for Manning and Maxwell in the Lafayette section of Jersey City. He may have worked at Continental Can also before the war. He never married. He worked at Hall's Trucking in Jersey City for a while. Owen and my father owned a 1939 Buick that they bought together and later a 1949 Pontiac they also owned together." He also said "Owen was in WWII, he received two purple hearts. He is buried in Iselin, Woodbridge Township. He lived with my grandfather in Colonia for several years and he died of emphysema in the Veteran's Hospital in Jersey City. I visited him in the hospital, he was talking about the war in Italy and I could hear him all the way down the hall. He was never married and had no children. He may have had two purple hearts. He carried a machine gun on a tripod during WWII. He came home with a German and an Italian pistol. He took part in the invasion of Italy."
Relationship:
Owen John Burke (1915-1984) was the half, granduncle of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).
Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on July 15, 2003. Updated on February 27, 2014 by changing his name from Owen John Burke to Owen Joseph Burke. Updated on June 17, 2017 with the text of his obituary and funeral notice and the text from his second wounding in WWII. Updated on November 8, 2019 with the question of his middle name. Updated on May 20, 2022 on his name on his birth record and the WWI draft.
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Name:
Owen Joseph Burke, and Owney Burke. He was born as Owen Joseph Burke and used Owen John Burke on his WWII draft registration.
Parents:
He was the son of John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) and Josephine Smith (1875-1962).
Birth:
January 16, 1915 at 18 Kearney Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Baptism:
He was baptized at Saint Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Siblings:
Bertha Burke (1902-1971) who married Stephen H. Prasky (1897-1965); William Burke II (1905-1996) who married Eleanor Catherine Outwater (1912-1978); Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) who married Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968); John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) aka John Stephen Burke who married Elizabeth Jones (1909-1958); Margaret Burke (1913-1970) who married David Thomas Morgan (c1914-c1974).
Draftsman:
Owen worked as a draftsman for the Manhattan engineering company of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc.
World War II:
He had one year of high school when he enlisted as a Private in the United States Army in Newark, New Jersey on May 12, 1943. He listed his occupation as "draftsman".
Wounded:
Jersey Journal on Saturday, November 18, 1944: "Wounded Second Time. P.F.C. Owen J. Burke, of the infantry, was wounded the second time August 31 in southern France. This information was received recently by his mother, Mrs. Josephine Burke, of 740 Grand Street. P.F.C. Burke, who is 28, and a native of Jersey City, was first struck by enemy fire on March 13 in the Italian fighting. Since his last injury, he has finished a period of hospitalization and returned to active duty. He is a graduate of St. Patrick's School and was an employee of the Air Reduction Sales Co."
Dispatcher:
He worked as a dispatcher for the Halls Motor Transit Company in East Brunswick, New Jersey from 1951 to 1978.
Colonia, New Jersey:
In 1979, after he retired, he moved from Union, Union County, New Jersey to Colonia, Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Death:
May 4, 1984 at the East Orange Veterans Hospital in East Orange, New Jersey.
Obituary:
Newark Star-Ledger on Saturday, May 5, 1984: "Owen J. Burke, 69, of Colonia died yesterday in the East Orange Veterans Hospital. A Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday in the St. John Vianney Church, Colonia, following the funeral from the Leon J. Gerity Funeral Home, Woodbridge. Mr. Burke was a dispatcher employed by the Halls Motor Transit Company of East Brunswick for 27 years before retiring six years ago. He was a member of the Teamsters Union, Local 641, Jersey City. Mr. Burke served in the Army during World War II and was a member of the American Legion Post 388 of Jersey City. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Union before moving to Colonia five years ago. Surviving are two brothers, William and John, and a sister Mrs. May V. Norton."
Memories about Owen Burke:
John Edward Burke (1934- ) said: "Owen worked for a cab company, Junction Cab Company which had it's office at the corner of Communipaw Avenue and Grand Street. Owen later worked at a trucking company after the war, he had two purple hearts. He was in General Mark Clark's division in Italy. I remember seeing a letter that he wrote my father during the war. He also fought in Africa. He had many medals and two purple hearts. He was wounded badly. He was very soft spoken. Owen worked for Manning and Maxwell in the Lafayette section of Jersey City. He may have worked at Continental Can also before the war. He never married. He worked at Hall's Trucking in Jersey City for a while. Owen and my father owned a 1939 Buick that they bought together and later a 1949 Pontiac they also owned together." He also said "Owen was in WWII, he received two purple hearts. He is buried in Iselin, Woodbridge Township. He lived with my grandfather in Colonia for several years and he died of emphysema in the Veteran's Hospital in Jersey City. I visited him in the hospital, he was talking about the war in Italy and I could hear him all the way down the hall. He was never married and had no children. He may have had two purple hearts. He carried a machine gun on a tripod during WWII. He came home with a German and an Italian pistol. He took part in the invasion of Italy."
Relationship:
Owen John Burke (1915-1984) was the half, granduncle of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).
Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on July 15, 2003. Updated on February 27, 2014 by changing his name from Owen John Burke to Owen Joseph Burke. Updated on June 17, 2017 with the text of his obituary and funeral notice and the text from his second wounding in WWII. Updated on November 8, 2019 with the question of his middle name. Updated on May 20, 2022 on his name on his birth record and the WWI draft.
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Owen J. Burke (1915-1984) served in the United States Army during World War II where he earned two purple hearts. He later worked as a draftsman for Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc. before WWII. He worked as a dispatcher for the Halls Motor Transit Company in East Brunswick, New Jersey from 1951 to 1978. He never married. (b. January 16, 1915; 18 Kearney Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. May 4, 1984; Colonia, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA) Social Security Number 157101048 and Military Service Number 32921482.
Name:
Owen Joseph Burke, and Owney Burke. He was born as Owen Joseph Burke and used Owen John Burke on his WWII draft registration.
Parents:
He was the son of John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) and Josephine Smith (1875-1962).
Birth:
January 16, 1915 at 18 Kearney Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Baptism:
He was baptized at Saint Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Siblings:
Bertha Burke (1902-1971) who married Stephen H. Prasky (1897-1965); William Burke II (1905-1996) who married Eleanor Catherine Outwater (1912-1978); Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) who married Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968); John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) aka John Stephen Burke who married Elizabeth Jones (1909-1958); Margaret Burke (1913-1970) who married David Thomas Morgan (c1914-c1974).
Draftsman:
Owen worked as a draftsman for the Manhattan engineering company of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc.
World War II:
He had one year of high school when he enlisted as a Private in the United States Army in Newark, New Jersey on May 12, 1943. He listed his occupation as "draftsman".
Wounded:
Jersey Journal on Saturday, November 18, 1944: "Wounded Second Time. P.F.C. Owen J. Burke, of the infantry, was wounded the second time August 31 in southern France. This information was received recently by his mother, Mrs. Josephine Burke, of 740 Grand Street. P.F.C. Burke, who is 28, and a native of Jersey City, was first struck by enemy fire on March 13 in the Italian fighting. Since his last injury, he has finished a period of hospitalization and returned to active duty. He is a graduate of St. Patrick's School and was an employee of the Air Reduction Sales Co."
Dispatcher:
He worked as a dispatcher for the Halls Motor Transit Company in East Brunswick, New Jersey from 1951 to 1978.
Colonia, New Jersey:
In 1979, after he retired, he moved from Union, Union County, New Jersey to Colonia, Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Death:
May 4, 1984 at the East Orange Veterans Hospital in East Orange, New Jersey.
Obituary:
Newark Star-Ledger on Saturday, May 5, 1984: "Owen J. Burke, 69, of Colonia died yesterday in the East Orange Veterans Hospital. A Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday in the St. John Vianney Church, Colonia, following the funeral from the Leon J. Gerity Funeral Home, Woodbridge. Mr. Burke was a dispatcher employed by the Halls Motor Transit Company of East Brunswick for 27 years before retiring six years ago. He was a member of the Teamsters Union, Local 641, Jersey City. Mr. Burke served in the Army during World War II and was a member of the American Legion Post 388 of Jersey City. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Union before moving to Colonia five years ago. Surviving are two brothers, William and John, and a sister Mrs. May V. Norton."
Memories about Owen Burke:
John Edward Burke (1934- ) said: "Owen worked for a cab company, Junction Cab Company which had it's office at the corner of Communipaw Avenue and Grand Street. Owen later worked at a trucking company after the war, he had two purple hearts. He was in General Mark Clark's division in Italy. I remember seeing a letter that he wrote my father during the war. He also fought in Africa. He had many medals and two purple hearts. He was wounded badly. He was very soft spoken. Owen worked for Manning and Maxwell in the Lafayette section of Jersey City. He may have worked at Continental Can also before the war. He never married. He worked at Hall's Trucking in Jersey City for a while. Owen and my father owned a 1939 Buick that they bought together and later a 1949 Pontiac they also owned together." He also said "Owen was in WWII, he received two purple hearts. He is buried in Iselin, Woodbridge Township. He lived with my grandfather in Colonia for several years and he died of emphysema in the Veteran's Hospital in Jersey City. I visited him in the hospital, he was talking about the war in Italy and I could hear him all the way down the hall. He was never married and had no children. He may have had two purple hearts. He carried a machine gun on a tripod during WWII. He came home with a German and an Italian pistol. He took part in the invasion of Italy."
Relationship:
Owen John Burke (1915-1984) was the half, granduncle of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).
Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on July 15, 2003. Updated on February 27, 2014 by changing his name from Owen John Burke to Owen Joseph Burke. Updated on June 17, 2017 with the text of his obituary and funeral notice and the text from his second wounding in WWII. Updated on November 8, 2019 with the question of his middle name. Updated on May 20, 2022 on his name on his birth record and the WWI draft.
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Name:
Owen Joseph Burke, and Owney Burke. He was born as Owen Joseph Burke and used Owen John Burke on his WWII draft registration.
Parents:
He was the son of John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) and Josephine Smith (1875-1962).
Birth:
January 16, 1915 at 18 Kearney Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Baptism:
He was baptized at Saint Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Siblings:
Bertha Burke (1902-1971) who married Stephen H. Prasky (1897-1965); William Burke II (1905-1996) who married Eleanor Catherine Outwater (1912-1978); Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) who married Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968); John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) aka John Stephen Burke who married Elizabeth Jones (1909-1958); Margaret Burke (1913-1970) who married David Thomas Morgan (c1914-c1974).
Draftsman:
Owen worked as a draftsman for the Manhattan engineering company of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc.
World War II:
He had one year of high school when he enlisted as a Private in the United States Army in Newark, New Jersey on May 12, 1943. He listed his occupation as "draftsman".
Wounded:
Jersey Journal on Saturday, November 18, 1944: "Wounded Second Time. P.F.C. Owen J. Burke, of the infantry, was wounded the second time August 31 in southern France. This information was received recently by his mother, Mrs. Josephine Burke, of 740 Grand Street. P.F.C. Burke, who is 28, and a native of Jersey City, was first struck by enemy fire on March 13 in the Italian fighting. Since his last injury, he has finished a period of hospitalization and returned to active duty. He is a graduate of St. Patrick's School and was an employee of the Air Reduction Sales Co."
Dispatcher:
He worked as a dispatcher for the Halls Motor Transit Company in East Brunswick, New Jersey from 1951 to 1978.
Colonia, New Jersey:
In 1979, after he retired, he moved from Union, Union County, New Jersey to Colonia, Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Death:
May 4, 1984 at the East Orange Veterans Hospital in East Orange, New Jersey.
Obituary:
Newark Star-Ledger on Saturday, May 5, 1984: "Owen J. Burke, 69, of Colonia died yesterday in the East Orange Veterans Hospital. A Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday in the St. John Vianney Church, Colonia, following the funeral from the Leon J. Gerity Funeral Home, Woodbridge. Mr. Burke was a dispatcher employed by the Halls Motor Transit Company of East Brunswick for 27 years before retiring six years ago. He was a member of the Teamsters Union, Local 641, Jersey City. Mr. Burke served in the Army during World War II and was a member of the American Legion Post 388 of Jersey City. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Union before moving to Colonia five years ago. Surviving are two brothers, William and John, and a sister Mrs. May V. Norton."
Memories about Owen Burke:
John Edward Burke (1934- ) said: "Owen worked for a cab company, Junction Cab Company which had it's office at the corner of Communipaw Avenue and Grand Street. Owen later worked at a trucking company after the war, he had two purple hearts. He was in General Mark Clark's division in Italy. I remember seeing a letter that he wrote my father during the war. He also fought in Africa. He had many medals and two purple hearts. He was wounded badly. He was very soft spoken. Owen worked for Manning and Maxwell in the Lafayette section of Jersey City. He may have worked at Continental Can also before the war. He never married. He worked at Hall's Trucking in Jersey City for a while. Owen and my father owned a 1939 Buick that they bought together and later a 1949 Pontiac they also owned together." He also said "Owen was in WWII, he received two purple hearts. He is buried in Iselin, Woodbridge Township. He lived with my grandfather in Colonia for several years and he died of emphysema in the Veteran's Hospital in Jersey City. I visited him in the hospital, he was talking about the war in Italy and I could hear him all the way down the hall. He was never married and had no children. He may have had two purple hearts. He carried a machine gun on a tripod during WWII. He came home with a German and an Italian pistol. He took part in the invasion of Italy."
Relationship:
Owen John Burke (1915-1984) was the half, granduncle of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).
Research:
Researched and written by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) for Findagrave starting on July 15, 2003. Updated on February 27, 2014 by changing his name from Owen John Burke to Owen Joseph Burke. Updated on June 17, 2017 with the text of his obituary and funeral notice and the text from his second wounding in WWII. Updated on November 8, 2019 with the question of his middle name. Updated on May 20, 2022 on his name on his birth record and the WWI draft.
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