Norma Burke

NORMA LUFKIN BURKE 1911-2004 SANDY, UT -- Norma Lufkin Burke, 93, formerly of Annis, Idaho, returned to her Heavenly Father on August 19, 2004, at Garden Terrace Nursing Home in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born March 15, 1911, in Annis, Idaho, to George T. Lufkin and Alice Ann Heaps Lufkin, the 8th of ten children. She grew up in Annis and graduated from Rigby High School. She worked as a switchboard operator for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Rigby, Phillips Petroleum Co. as switchboard operator and the Atomic Energy Commission at the Site and at the A.E.C. headquarters in Idaho Falls as chief operator. On Nov. 2, 1939, she married Samuel LaMar Burke in Iona, Idaho, and they were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 10, 1940. They lived in Iona, Idaho Falls, and Annis, Idaho. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She was a visiting teacher for 46 years, and served faithfully in many callings. She and LaMar served six years as Spanish Extraction Missionaries at the Menan Stake Center. The last six years she lived in Utah with and around four of her children. She spent the last two years in assisted living and under nursing care in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is survived by five children, Morris J. Burke (Meria) of Las Cruses, New Mexico, Marlin L. Burke of Ogden, Utah, Gordon L. Burke of Ogden, Utah, Steven R. Burke (Sandra) of Sandy, Utah, and LaRue Dennis (Richard) of Salt Lake City, Utah; 16 grand children, 29 great grand children (2 more to arrive), 2 great-great grand children, 2 step grand children and 6 step great grand children. She was preceded in death by her husband in December, 1993, her six brothers and three sisters and their spouses, and one step great granddaughter. Funeral Services with be at 11 a.m. Monday, August 23, 2004, at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge, Idaho Falls. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday for one hour prior to the services, both at Wood Funeral Home. Burial will be in Annis-Little Butte Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home.