Submitted by: Dan Rich

Paul F. Burkus, Jr.

May 24, 1912 - May 31, 2000

South Bend Tribune 6/2/2000

Paul F. Burkus, Jr., 88, residing on Carrol Street, Buchanan, Mich., formerly of Aberdeen Drive, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 31, in the Fountainview Place Nursing Home, Buchanan, where he had resided since December 1998.

Mr. Burkus was born on May 24, 1912, in South Bend, to the late Paul F. and Elizabeth Burkus, Sr., and had been a lifelong resident of this area. He retired as a tool & die maker at Martin Machine Shop following 35 years of service.

On June 27, 1937, in Argos, Ind., he married Erma D. Wallace, who survives. He is also survived by two daughters and their husbands, Patricia and Thomas Hosey of Three Rivers, Mich., and Bonnie Jo and Harold Love of Fort Wayne, Ind; two grandchildren, Carmen Sue Romack of Westfield, Ind., and Charles DePaul Hammons of Fort Wayne; a great-granddaughter, Alesha Hammons of Fort Wayne; and by two brothers and their wives, Joe and Esther Burkus, and William and Lillian Burkus, all of South Bend. Mr. Burkus was a member of Sumption Prairie United Methodist Church, North Liberty Lodge #266, F. & AM, Avalon Grotto, and Bowlers Country Club.

Services will be held at noon on Saturday, June 3rd, in Sumption Prairie United Methodist Church, 24535 Roosevelt Road. Rev. Charles Ternet, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow at Sumption Prairie Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, and one hour prior to services in the church on Saturday.