THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, January 5, 1995 TAG: 9501050353
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY LENGTH: Medium: 59 lines
Filmore Burke Sr., Ph.D. of Brookridge Drive, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 1995, at Chesapeake General Hospital.
Funeral services will be held today at 11 a.m. in Holy Family Catholic Church with the Rev. John L. Ruffo, OFM Conv. officiating. Burial will follow in Westlawn Memorial Park. Walson Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Dr. Burke was born Oct. 1, 1925 in Perquimans County, N.C. He was the third child of four sons born to the late Frank Burke Sr. and Mrs. Harriet (Long) Burke. He attended the public schools in Elizabeth City.
He volunteered for military service after he completed his junior year at the P.W. Moore High School. He served three years with the U.S. Coast Guard in the North Atlantic War Zone. He was honorably discharged and returned to P.W. Moore to earn his high school diploma.
Dr. Burke continued his education at A and T University, Greensboro, majoring in electrical engineering and mathematics. He earned his teacher certification in Vocational Technical Education at the State University of New York, Oswego. He later earned his Doctor of Philosophy of Electronics from Northwestern University through Collective Education, Executive Recommendation, Academic and Technological Instructional Dissertation in area of Procedures in Electronics for Curriculum Development under the auspices of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Burke was employed at the Bell Aircraft Electronics Research Lab in Wheatfield, N.Y., General Electric in Buffalo, N.Y. and Utica, N.Y. He was also employed at the Sperry Rand Univac Computer Electronics in Utica and the State University of New York, Mohawk Valley.
Dr. Burke taught the first ``on the job'' training course in electronics for the U.S. Government Manpower Training Facilities in conjunction with Private Electronics Industries. His students included residents of Elizabeth City and the Albemarle area who traveled to upstate New York for the specific training.
He retired in 1979. Dr. Burke was active in community affairs wherever he resided. He was a charter member of the Kidney Society of the Mohawk Valley, chaired the Society's Constitution and Bylaws Committee, suggested the Society's name, and served as its first elected president for the entire region.
Other memberships include Holy Family Catholic Church, Cub Scouts of America, the Holy Name Society, the NAACP, Retired Citizens of America, Electronic Engineers of America, Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New York State and Vocational Technical Education Teachers Association.
Dr. Burke is survived by his wife, Margaret McClease Burke of New Holland, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Angelita Jenkins Smith, Miss Theresa Burke and Miss Elizabeth Burke of Utica, N.Y.; three sons, Filmore Burke Jr. and Peter Burke Sr. of Elizabeth City and Thomas Morris of Louisburg; two brothers, Clarence Burke of Elizabeth City and James Burke of Queens, N.Y.; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and other relatives.
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