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Weir Mac Cuish Family Funeral Home 144 Salem Street, Malden, MA 02148 A member of the Malden Community since 1896 |
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Virginia F Burk Virginia F. Burk, 89, a longtime resident of Malden, died Saturday, November 15, 2008 in Billerica, Massachusetts. Virginia was born in Boston, and raised in Roxbury. Soon after graduating High School, she married her sweetheart, Willis "Ray" Burk. She shared over 60 years with Ray until his passing in 2005. For many years, Virginia had worked as a waitress at the Kernwood Restaurant in Malden and Chickland Restaurant on the Malden/Saugus Line. She then took employment as a Salesperson at Sears in Saugus. After fifteen years at Sears, she retired. Virginia enjoyed sewing and tending to the garden, and also enjoyed traveling with her husband Ray, as well as babysitting their grandchildren. Mrs. Burk lived in Malden, Massachusetts since 1956. She is survived by her sons, William R. Burk of AZ, David R. Burk of Burlington, and Robert L. Burk of Wakefield, her sister, Eleanor Sprague of Scituate, as well as six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Willis "Ray" Burk, her sister "Bunny" McCann and her brother Robert McDowell. Funeral services will be held from the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Home, 144 Salem Street, Malden on Tues, Nov 18th, at 9AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Josephs Church, Malden, at 10AM. Burial will immediately follow in the Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody. Visitation will be held at Weir MacCuish Funeral Home on Monday, Nov 17th, from 4 – 8 PM. Contributions in Virginia’s memory may be made to American Diabetes Association ,Mass Chapter, 330 Congress St., Suite 5, 5 Floor, Boston MA 02210. |
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