- John Gerald Rourke 1922-2002
BURDETT - John Gerald Rourke, 79, died March 18 at Integrated Health Services in Great Bend. He was born Sept. 27, 1922, in Brownell, the son of John Joseph and Margaret Halbleib Rourke. He married Dorothy Nemechek Nov. 4, 1947, in Collyer. She died Aug. 30, 1981. A resident of Burdett since retiring in 1982, he was a farmer in the Brownell and McCracken area. Rourke was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Larned, life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3449 in WaKeeney, American Legion Post 382 in Brownell and Burdett Seniors in Burdett. Survivors include three sons, John J. Rourke of Allen, Texas, Gerald Rourke of Aguilar, Colo., and Kevin Rourke of Russell; three daughters, Kathleen Kazmaier of Larned, Dorothy Marie Penrod of Rocky Ford, Colo., and Louise Seltman of Nekoma; four sisters, Katherine Daigle of WaKeeney, Lucille Nemechek and Eileen Nemechek, both of Goodland and Sister Margaret Rourke of Salina; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bernard Rourke and Joseph Rourke; one sister, Helen Schaben; and one grandson, Bradley Legleiter. Wake will be at 7 tonight at Morell Funeral Home in Larned. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in McCracken, with the Rev. Dennis Reed officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery in McCracken. Friends may call until 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to St. Mary's McCracken Heritage Association or Burdett Emergency Medical Services, both in care of the funeral home. Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, March 20, 2002
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1922 - 2002 (79 years)
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