Reta M. Burke, age 89, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at AdventHealth South Overland Park.
Graveside service for Reta and her husband, Joe, will be held at 1:30 pm, Friday, June 30, 2023, at Fort Scott National Cemetery, 900 East National Ave., Fort Scott, Kansas 66701. Military honors for Joe will take place at the cemetery.
Reta was born on Saturday, March 10, 1934, in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was the daughter of Claude and Norene (Martin) Hanfeld.
Reta met Joseph “Joe” Burke. The couple was later married in 1981. Together they happily shared 42 years of marriage.
She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Joe Burke, son, Doug McDaniel, grandson, David Leskoff, sister, Eleanor Richardson, and her parents, Claude and Norene Hanfeld.
Survivors include one daughter, Anne Please, of Webster, Massachusetts, six step-children, William Burke, of Overland Park, Kansas, Teresa Robinson, of Paola, Kansas, Maureen Burke, of West Melbourne, Florida, Margaret Sowders, of Melbourne, Florida, Patricia DeLorenzi, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Michael Burke, of Las Vegas, Nevada, 10 grandchildren, many great grandchildren, as well as many nieces, nephews and other extended family.
Friday, June 30, 2023
1:30 - 2:00 pm (Central time)
Fort Scott National Cemetery
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