Avis de décès de Elizabeth-Anne Burke - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

NEW ALBANY BURKE, ELIZABETH ANNE (SHOUP), died Sunday, December 6, 2009 at Floyd Memorial Hospital after suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm December 3, 2009. She was born in Indianapolis, IN on January 30, 1935, to Audrey Mae (Williams) and Marion "M.L." Shoup, but was raised in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Jeffersonville. She graduated in 1953 from New Albany High School. During her senior year, she was class vice-president, head cheerleader, Football Queen and Prom Queen. She received a nursing degree from the St. Joseph's Infirmary in Louisville in 1956, and worked for several years as the office nurse for Dr. Don LaFollette in New Albany, before leaving to start a family. She married Patrick Cassin Burke, who survives her, on December 30, 1960. She served as secretary/ treasurer for Retailers Supply Company in New Albany, a business founded by her father, continued by her husband, and currently run by her son. She served on the board of directors for Community Montessori Charter Public school. She was preceded in death by her parents; as well as her brother, John (Jack) Shoup. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her five children, Brian Patrick Burke, of Lake Owego, OR, Kathleen Margaret Burke, of White Rock, BC, Craig Cassin Burke (Diane), of Indianapolis and Barbara Ann (Burke) Fondren (Glenn) and Kevin Thomas Burke (Kelly), both of New Albany; her sister, Mary Margaret (Marge) McCarthy Bilsten, of Fresno, CA; and her 10 grandchildren: Alexia Elizabeth Burke, Kaitlin Brianne Fondren, Kasey Brooke Fondren, Katherine McKenna Hadley-Burke, Lucas Cassin Cruz Burke, Connor James Burke, Isabella Cruz Burke, Elia Truce Hadley-Burke, Chandler Patrick Burke, and Greenley Elizabeth Burke. Visitation will be at Kraft Funeral Service, 2776 Charleston Road on Thursday from noon-8 p.m. Funeral service will take place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church on Friday at 11 a.m., followed by internment at Kraft Graceland Memorial Park. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to either the Louisville Audubon Society (c/o Ted Boehm, Treasurer; 2509 Hayward Road, Louisville, KY 40242) or Hospice of Southern Indiana, 624 E. Market St., New Albany, IN 47150.