Area Deaths
			    Rosemary Burke

Delmar, Iowa -- Services for Rosemary Burke, 91, of Delmar, will be
10:30 a.m.  Wednesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Delmar. The
Rev. Ed Botkin will officiate.  Burial will be in St. Patrick's
Cemetery, Delmar.

Visitation is 3-8 p.m. today at Haylock-O'Hara & Lahey Funeral Home,
Maquoketa, with a Scripture service at 7 p.m.

Mrs. Burke died Sunday, March 8, 1998, at Jackson County Public
Hospital, Maquoketa, after an extended illness.

Cunnick-Collins Mortuary, Davenport, is in charge of arrangements.

In earlier years, she taught at several rural Clinton County elementary
schools.

Rosemary Farrell was born Nov. 29, 1906, in Villa Nova, to James
F. and Esther Louise (Farrell) Farrell. She married John J. "Jack"
Burke on June 4, 1934, in Delmar. He died Oct. 11, 1975. They were
widely known dairy farmers in the Delmar area for many years.

She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, where she was the
church organist for many years.  she also was a member of
St. Patrick's Altar and Rosary Society, New Century Club, Jackson
County Public Hospital Auxiliary, Dairy Herd Improvement and Holstein
Breeders Association.

She loved music, flowers, gardening, crocheting, card playing,
reading, crossword puzzles and dogs. She and her husband, Jack, had
traveled extensively.

A memorial fund has been established.

Survivors include sisters-in-law, Marie Farrell, Delmar, and Mary
Brown, Penn Yan, N.Y.; several nieces and nephews including, Patsey
C. (Mrs. Kenneth L.) Farrell, Goose Lake, Donald R. and Jan Farrell
and Gerald J. and Mary Farrell, all of Delmar, Judith M. Farrell,
Marion, LuAnn (Mrs. Patrick F.) Farrell, Bryant, Michael L. Farrell
and Dr. John F. and Frances Collins, all of Davenport, Mary
M. (Mrs. Edmond R.) Noel, Wheatland, William E. and Virginia Collins,
South Bend, Ind., Mary J. Collins and Sheila E. Collins, both of
Minneapolis, E. Jean Reed and Paul J. and Grace Collins, DDS, all of
Iowa City, and Richard J. and Karen Collins, DDS, Eldridge.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, J.A. "Tad"
Farrell; and nephews Kenneth L. Farrell, Patrick F. Farrell and Craig
A. Simmons.


Quad City Times, Tuesday, March 10, 1998, page 2M
retyped by Dennis Nicklaus