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J. "Rick" Burke Richard

d. January 23, 2018

Richard J. ‶Rick″ Burke, age 56, of 947 Yale Farm Road, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

The family will receive friends from 10:00am to 1:00pm on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Covert Funeral Home, 7199 South Main Street in Ovid. A Scripture Service, led by Fr. James Fennessy of St. Patrick❜s Church will be held at the funeral home at 1:00pm on Saturday, and prayers of committal will be held at Holy Cross Cemetery in Ovid. Kindly consider a donation to the MacDougall Sportsmen❜s Club, 3800 MacDougall Road, Waterloo, NY 13165, in Rick❜s memory.

Rick was born in Geneva on May 12, 1961, a son of the late Gerard and Nan (Philbin) Burke. He was a 1979 graduate of Romulus Central School and had been a life-long resident of Yale Farm Road. For several years, Rick worked for RL Bates Paving of Geneva, and for nearly 14 years, he worked as a heavy equipment operator at Seneca Meadows Landfill. Rick was an avid outdoorsman and was an active member of the MacDougall Sportmen❜s Club, he was a NASCAR fanatic and rooted for the Buffalo Bills through thick and thin.

He is survived by his children, Jerry J. Burke of Romulus and Ashley Gee of Pensacola, FL; his siblings, Patricia B. (Charlie) Cool of Romulus and Michael J. (Terri) Burke of Houston, TX; his nieces, Kelly and Katelyn Burke and a host of aunts, uncles and cousins in Pennsylvania, and his beloved cat, ‶Tanto″.

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