September 12, 2011

HARRISVILLE, N.Y.   —  Helen M. Burke, 88, Route 3, died in the emergency room of Carthage Area Hospital.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Sept., 16, at Adirondack Funeral Home with Rev. John Putney officiating. Burial will follow in Harrisville Cemetery. A calling hour will be held from 10 to 11 prior to the funeral.

Born Sept. 7, 1923, in Newtown Fall, a daughter of Ernest and Anna LeGault Beaulieu, she graduated in 1942 from Newton Falls High School. 

She married Robert Burke on April 4, 1945, in Newton Falls. He died Dec. 13, 2010. 

Mrs. Burke worked as a hairdresser for many years, was employed by Harrisville Central School in food service and worked in the surgarbush alongside her husband. She was a member of the New York State and Lewis County Maple Producers Associations. 

She also enjoyed gardening, camping, golfing and bowling. She and Bob spent winters in Florida for 25 years.

Surviving are two children and their spouses, Dan and Judy, Harrisville, and Linda and Thomas Todd, Norwood; a sister, Pauline Demarse, Watertown; three grandchildren, Sarah and Charles Burke, and Kimberly Hoppaugh, and two grea- grandchildren, Paige Cook and Danny Hoppaugh; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Her husband, two brothers, Ralph, Hubert, and a sister Frances, all died before her.

Donations in Helens memory can be made to the Harrisville Rescue Squad PO Box 51 Harrisville, NY 13648. 

Online condolences may be made at www.adirondackfh.com.

Information provided by Adirondack Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.