Bessie M. Burke

1914 - 2013  (98 years)

• Name	Bessie M. Burke  [1]
  Birth	4 Nov 1914	Milbridge, Washington, Maine   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Mar 2013	Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine   [1, 2]
  Burial	York Hill Cemetery, Sullivan, Hancock, Maine   [1]
  Person ID	I354529	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Franklin Burke,   b. 26 Jul 1883, Milbridge, Washington, Maine d. 2 Nov 1967, Milbridge, Washington, Maine (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Eunice Mehitable Tracy,   b. 28 Oct 1894, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine d. 2 Mar 1961, Milbridge, Washington, Maine (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F225203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leonard Arnold Martin,   b. 1907, Maine d. 29 Nov 1984, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1937	Maine   [3]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F225222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Bangor Daily News March 28, 2013 ELLSWORTH - Bessie B. Martin, 98, the wife of the late Leonard (Arnold) Martin, died March 27, 2013, at an Ellsworth hospital. She was born Nov. 4, 1914, in Milbridge, daughter of Henry and Eunice (Tracy) Burke. She worked for many years at the textile mill in Ellsworth and a clam factory. She is survived by one daughter, Marie Martin Eplin of Merrimack, N.H.; three grandchildren, Lisa Godsoe of Nokomis, Fla., Chad Parritt of Sullivan and Tammy Donovan of Hancock; one great-granddaughter, Mary Jones; four great-grandsons, Daryl Camber, Randy Camber, Nick Donovan and Nathan Donovan; one sister-in-law, Marion Burke of Machias; four great-great-grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by six sisters, Beatrice Turner, Hazel Fraccola, Zelma "Sonny" Mitchell, Hilda Quinn, Gertrude Whicher and Marguerite Donnell; and one brother, Jack Burke.

  
  

• Sources

  [S61040] Cemetery index, York Hill Cemetery, Sullivan, Hancock, Maine, (Find-a-Grave). [S79085] Obituary, Bangor Daily News, Bessie B. Martin, (March 28, 2013). [S53672] Marriage index, Maine, Name Bessie M Burke Gender Female Residence Sullivan, ME Spouse's Name Lenard A Martin Spouse's Gender Male Spouse's Residence Sullivan, ME Marriage Date 7 Oct 1937 Marriage Place Maine, USA (Reliability: 3).