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Leo B. BURKE
(1901-1961)

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Leo B. BURKE

Born: 19 Feb 1901, WV ⁴⁶
Marriage: Maitlyn V. HALL in 1928 ⁸⁸
Died: 20 Dec 1961, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 60 ⁷⁴
Buried: Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV ⁶⁴

General Notes:

The Charleston Gazette, 21 December 1961

BURKE, Leo B. - 60, of Rupert, died Wednesday at his home of a heart attack. He was a member of Bascom Methodist Church, an employee of Gauley Coal and Land Co., and a member of the Masonic Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Maitlyn; one sister, Mrs. Mary Hicks of Charleston; two brothers, Hillary of Gary, Ind., and Fred of Wharton, N.J. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle.

Leo married Maitlyn V. HALL, daughter of Thomas Augustus "Tommy" HALL and Leda Pearl CRANE, in 1928.⁸⁸ (Maitlyn V. HALL was born on 22 Feb 1910 in Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV,⁵⁵ died on 5 Nov 1996 in Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV ⁶⁸ and was buried on 7 Nov 1996 in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV.)