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In Memoriam
Melrose High School
Class of 1976

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Burke John Vincent "Hector" Burke
Age
Birth
Death
Interred
Cause
21
 December 15, 1957
September 19, 1979
Wyoming Cemetery
Asthma
Parents: Robert J. Burke & Agnes Josephine Perrault
 When John Vincent Burke was born on December 15, 1956, in Concord, Massachusetts, his father, Robert, was 29 and his mother, Agnes, was 33. He had two brothers and one sister. He died on September 19, 1979, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 21, and was buried in Melrose, Massachusetts.
Birth Place:
 Concord, MA
Death Place:
 Boston, MA




 
 Spouse:  None
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John Burke

John V. Burke
170 West Wyoming Ave.

Hector . . . "Tie on a pack!" . . . "I used you" . . . Will always remember the party at the V.F.W. Building summer '75 . . . Mr. Deteso . . . J. Geils Band . . . working at the cafe and hanging out at Gooch Park . . . plans to work. 		John Burke

Obituary

Burke - In Melrose, Sept 19, John V. "Hector" Burke. Son of Robert J. and Agnes J. (Perrault) Burke; brother of Michael of Melrose, Mrs. Mary-Lou DePalma of Main, Thomas of Ill., Mrs. Cynthia MacDonald of Franklin, Daniel, Timothy, Kevin and Robert Burke, all of Melrose.

Funeral from the Gately Funeral Home, 79 West Foster St., Melrose Saturday Sept. 22 at 8:15 a.m. Funeral Mass at St. Mary's Church, Melrose at 9 o'clock. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours Friday 7-9 p.m.

John Burke

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