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Pioneer Settler of Finchford 70 to Be Buried Friday
Funeral services for Joel Burke, aged 74, will be at the family home in Waterloo Road Friday with Dr. Macartney officiating. Burke, born August 1, 1842 in Indiana, spent years farming near Finchford before retiring to Waterloo. Survived by seven grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren, he was noted for Christian church leadership and charitable work, rearing siblings and waifs alongside his own children. He engaged in cigar making at Finchford.
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Joel Burke
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Rebecca Beard
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I. R.moon
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John Silvers
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