June Shirley Burke
June 17, 1945 – December 6, 2022
BURKE (Delorey), June Shirley, 77, Halifax. Passed away peacefully on December 6, 2022 at the Melville Lodge in Halifax. Shirley left home at 18 and moved to Antigonish to work at SFX, she met Raymond there and married in September 1965. She and Raymond just celebrated their 57 th wedding anniversary. A lifetime of laughs and summers at their cottage in River Bourgeois, spent playing cards, visiting with family and friends and going to dances. Concerts in PEI were always a highlight going with their cowboy hats and fold up chairs. Travel with friends and cruises were always an adventure they loved to take together.
Shirley was predeceased by her grandparents who raised her Alice and Joe King of Port Felix, NS. Surviving is her husband Raymond (Halifax); daughters Debbie (Gwynne), Whycocomagh; Lisa, Halifax; grandchildren Sarah (Seattle) and Kyle (Halifax) and great-granddaughter Andrea, (Seattle); brothers Wayne, Victor, Michael, Terry and sisters, Merle, Bev and Mary. Shirley worked at Ben’s bread for over 20 years and then worked at Sureshot Dispensing before retiring. After selling their house in Lower Sackville they moved with two other couples into the same apartment complex off Larry Uteck.
Special thank you to Elaine & Alain Saulnier, Marilyn Tom MacDonald and Bonnie Griffin for the help in the last six months while we transferred from at home care to nursing home care.
There will be a mass at Saint Benedict Parish, 45 Radcliffe Dr., Halifax on December 16th at 12:15pm to celebrate her life.
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SERVICES
Memorial Service
Friday, December 16, 2022
12:15 PM
St. Benedicts Parish
45 Radcliffe Drive
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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June 17 1945 December 6 2022
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de June Shirley Burke June 17 1945 December 6 2022..
Décès pour la Ville: Halifax, Province: Nova Scotia