The Life of John Woolfolk Burke Sr
The funeral of the late John W. Burke,
whose death occurred Friday, took place
yesterday evening at 2 o'clock from
Christ Episcopal Church, and was at-
tended by a large number of friends and
relatives of the deceased from this city,
Washington, Baltimore and elsewhere,
who wished to pay tribute to the man
they so greatly esteemed. Rev.
W. J. Morton, rector of the church,
and Rev. S. A. Wallis, of the Episcopal
Theological Seminary, conducted the
services. The remains were interred in
the family lot in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Capt. Herbert
Bryant and Messrs. L.E. Uhler, John
P. Robinson, R.E. Lee, jr., E. McO.
Jones, Lawrence Washington and Hubert
Snowden. The floral offerings wer pro-
fuse and beautiful.
John W. Burke
[Special to the Times-Dispatch.]
ALEXANDRAI, VA., November 8.- John W. Burke, founder of the banking house of Burke & Herbert, died to-day shortly before 11 o’clock, at his home, No. 208 Wilkes Street, after a protracted illness. The deceased was eighty-one years of age.
Mr. Burke was born in Caroline county, Va., and came to Alexandria in 1848. He founded the banking house of Burke & Herbert in 1852, with which he was connected at the time of his death. The deceased was well known throughout the entire State. His children are Julian T. Burk, Miss Fannie M. Burke, Miss Virginia R. Burke, Henry R. Burke, of this city, and Mrs. Charles V. Eddy, of New York, and Edmund J. Burke, of Boston. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.
The Times Dispatch, Nov 9, 1907