Died 11 September 1988

Published in 1988

Funeral services were held Tuesday, in Brisbane, Australia for Eileen J. Bourke, who died Sunday, Sept. 11 at age 94 after an illness of three months.

Mrs. Bourke is survived by one son, Brian and four daughters, Clair, Margaret Melville, Patricia Gledhill, all of Brisbane, and Sheila Pille of Blair, 2 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

She was born June 25, 1894 at Killarney, Queensland and taught school as a young woman.

Mrs. Bourke was active in her Church and other groups, doing all her own housework until her illness. She leaves a large family and many friends to mourn her passing.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~