Name: Burnham, Charles
Burial Date: 1899, 11/27
Age at Death: 78
Plot Location: 274 E
Notes: Husband of Elizabeth(Martin)

Birth:	Jan. 23, 1831
Death:	Nov. 26, 1899
Age 78   Family links: Spouse: Elizabeth Martin Burnham (1829 – 1892)**Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 274 E
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Name: B urnham, Betsy(Allison)
Burial Date: 1909, 01/27
Age at Death: 77
Plot Location: 274 B
Notes: Wife of Morris  (Maurice)

Name:  Burkhead, William Preston ‘PRESS’
Burial Date: 1948, 12/12
Age at Death: 57
Plot Location: 779 D
Notes: Husband of Lydia Estelle(Hinkle)/Naomi(?)

Birth:	1891
Death:	Nov., 1948
Age 57   Family links: Spouse: Lydia Estelle Hinkel Burkhead (1892 – 1932) Children: Joan Pauline Burkhead (1928 – 1945)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 779 D
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Birth: 1892 Rush County Kansas, USA Death: 1932 Reno County Kansas, USA Lydia is the daughter of Johannes and Catharine Hinkel. Lydia’s children were: Millicent Winifred Burkhead, Elouise Mildred Burkhead Kabler, Almagene Vivian Burkhead Dimler, Geneva LaJoy “Joy” Burkhead Hirschman, Joan Pauline Burkhead, Junior Lee Burkhead and Bernadette Burkhead. Lydia died in childbirth with Bernadette, who also died, and they were buried together. They died in 1932. She was born in 1892 not 1928 (what the grave marker says).– Information provided by Donna Lowe (Lydia’s granddaughter).Family links: Parents: Johannes Conrad Hinkel (1852 – 1920) Catherine Haas Hinkel (1858 – 1928) Spouse: William P Burkhead (1891 – 1948)* Children: Joan Pauline Burkhead (1928 – 1945)* Siblings: Elizabeth Hinkel Scheuerman (1882 – 1934)** Katherine May Hinkel Newman (1888 – 1979)** Lydia Estelle Hinkel Burkhead (1892 – 1932) Martha Irene Hinkel Appel (1896 – 1936)* *Calculated relationship **Half-sibling Inscription: Infant daughter. Burial: Lone Star Cemetery Bison Rush County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: LindaB Record added: Apr 25, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 36341457

Name:  Burkhead, Joan Pauline
Burial Date:   1945, 11/18
Age at Death: 17
Plot Location: 741 G
Notes: Daughter of William Preston’PRESS’ & Lydia Estelle(Hinkle)Burkhead

Joan Pauline Burkhead

1928–1945

BIRTH 21 MAR 1928 • Bison, Rush County, Kansas, USA

DEATH 17 NOV 1945 • Sterling, Rice, Kansas, USA

Joan Pauline Burkhead was born on March 21, 1928, in Bison, Kansas. Her mother, Lydia, died in childbirth with baby Bernadette when Joan was just 4 years old. Walter A. McFerrin, was 26 and wife Mildred, was 25 when they became foster parents forJoan and her sister, Joy, who lived with the McFerrins also.  In total Joan had six sisters and one brother.Joan died as a teenager on November 17, 1945, in Sterling, Kansas, and was buried there as is her birth father, William P. Burkhead.

Below is the information on Joan Burkhead’s mother, Lydia Estelle(Hinkle) Burkhead, who died in childbirth when Joan was 4 years old.

Birth: 1892 Rush County Kansas, USA Death: 1932 Reno County Kansas, USA Lydia is the daughter of Johannes and Catharine Hinkel. Lydia’s children were: Millicent Winifred Burkhead, Elouise Mildred Burkhead Kabler, Almagene Vivian Burkhead Dimler, Geneva LaJoy “Joy” Burkhead Hirschman, Joan Pauline Burkhead, Junior Lee Burkhead and Bernadette Burkhead. Lydia died in childbirth with Bernadette, who also died, and they were buried together. They died in 1932. She was born in 1892 not 1928 (what the grave marker says).– Information provided by Donna Lowe (Lydia’s granddaughter).   Family links: Parents: Johannes Conrad Hinkel (1852 – 1920) Catherine Haas Hinkel (1858 – 1928) Spouse: William P Burkhead (1891 – 1948)* Children: Joan Pauline Burkhead (1928 – 1945)* Siblings: Elizabeth Hinkel Scheuerman (1882 – 1934)** Katherine May Hinkel Newman (1888 – 1979)** Lydia Estelle Hinkel Burkhead (1892 – 1932) Martha Irene Hinkel Appel (1896 – 1936)* *Calculated relationship **Half-sibling Inscription: Infant daughter. Burial: Lone Star Cemetery Bison Rush County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: LindaB Record added: Apr 25, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 36341457

Name: Burke, Persis A(Wilson)
Burial Date: 1966, 06/28
Age at Death: 74
Plot Location: 049 D Cremains
Notes: Wife of Roland W

Birth:	Apr, 1892
Death:	Jun., 1966
Age 74
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 049 D Crems
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Died in Los Angeles, CA

Name: Burk, William
Burial Date: 1878, 12/27
Age at Death: IN
Plot Location: 024 C
Notes: Son of John & Mahala Jane(White)Beatis

irth:	1878
Death:	Dec., 1878
Infant Family links: Parents: John Burk (1847 – 1898) Mahala Jane White – Bettis Burk (1851 – 1918) Siblings: Francis Burk (____ – 1878)* William Burk (____ – 1878) Thomas Burk (____ – 1887)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 024 C
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Name: Burk, Thomas
Burial Date: 1887, 10/22
Age at Death: IN
Plot Location: 024 E
Notes: Son of John & Mahala Jane(White)Beattis

Birth:	1887
Death:	Oct.22, 1887
InfantFamily links: Parents: John Burk (1847 – 1898) Mahala Jane White – Bettis Burk (1851 – 1918) Siblings: Thomas Burk (____ – 1887) Francis Burk (____ – 1878)* William Burk (____ – 1878)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 024 E
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Name: Burk, Ocie Edna(Watters)
Burial Date: 1977, 02/08
Age at Death: 80
Plot Location: 641 C
Notes: Wife of Earl Robert

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Birth: Aug. 24, 1896 Nickerson Reno County Kansas, USA Death: Feb. 4, 1977 Lyons Rice County Kansas, USA Ocie E. Burk, 80, formerly of Hutchinson died Friday at Lyons Municipal Hospital. Born Aug. 24, 1896 at Nickerson, she was married to Earl R. Burk, Sept. 10, 1918 at Sterling. He died Feb. 23, 1973. She moved to Hutchinson in 1946 from Nickerson and was currently residing at the Good Samaritan Home, Lyons. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Acacia Chapter of OES, both of Hutchinson. Survivors include son: Robert L., 1624 East 2nd, Hutchinson; daughter: Mrs. Pauline Recember, Milton, Fla.; sisters: Mrs. Hattie Horton, Nickerson; Mrs. Flossie Speer, McPherson; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Burial will be in Sterling Cemetery. (From Hutchinson News)Family links: Parents: William H. Watters (1857 – 1939) Indiana Amy Watters (1858 – 1908)Spouse: Earl Robert Burk (1885 – 1973)*Children: Ada Ocie Burk (____ – 1930)*Siblings: Charles A. Watters (1879 – 1962)* Bertha M. Watters Neville (1885 – 1954)* Clarence Marion Watters (1888 – 1976)* Viola Neuenschwander (1891 – 1950)* Flossie Ellen Watters Speer (1894 – 1979)* Ocie Edna Watters Burk (1896 – 1977) Hettie Ina Watters (1901 – 1901)* Hattie I Horton (1901 – 1993)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Teri Schriner Record added: Sep 30, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 7740404

Name: Burk, Mahala Jane(White)Bettis
Burial Date: 1918, 03/17
Age at Death: 67
Plot Location: 024 I
Notes: Wife of John/?

Rice County Marriage License reads “John Burk to Mahalia J. Beatis, Oct. 31, 1876 Rev. R. W. Parkes”

Birth: Feb. 17, 1851Death: Mar. 15, 1918

Family links:
Spouse:
John Burk (1847 – 1898)

Children:
Francis Burk (1877 – 1878)*
Thomas Burk (1877 – 1887)*
William Burk (1878 – 1878)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
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Record added: Dec 25, 2012
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Name: Burk, John
Burial Date: 1898, 11/13
Age at Death: 51
Plot Location: 024 G
Notes: Husband of Mahala Jane(White)Bettis

16 Jan 1847 Monaghan, Monaghan, Ireland  Birth

11 Nov 1898 at home, Reno County, Kansas, USA       Death

Birth:	Jan. 16, 1847
Death:	Nov. 11, 1898
Family links: Spouse: Mahala Jane White – Bettis Burk (1851 – 1918)* Children: Thomas Burk (____ – 1887)* William Burk (____ – 1878)* Francis Burk (____ – 1878)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Burk, Francis
Burial Date: 1878, 11/20
Age at Death: 1
Plot Location: 024 A
Notes: son of John & Mahala Jane(White)Beatis

Birth:	1877
Death:	Nov., 1878
Age 1 Family links: Parents: John Burk (1847 – 1898) Mahala Jane White – Bettis Burk (1851 – 1918) Siblings: Francis Burk (____ – 1878) William Burk (____ – 1878)* Thomas Burk (____ – 1887)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 024 A
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Name: Burk, Earl Robert
Burial Date: 1973, 02/24
Age at Death: 88
Plot Location: 641 E
Notes: Husband of Ocie Edna(Watters)

Birth: Jan. 23, 1885 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Death: Feb. 23, 1973 Lyons Rice County Kansas, USA Family links: Spouse: Ocie Edna Watters Burk (1896 – 1977) Children: Ada Ocie Burk (____ – 1930)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Teri Schriner Record added: Sep 30, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 77406759

Name: Burk, Ada Ocie
Burial Date: 1930, 03/28
Age at Death: 1
Plot Location: 641 A
Notes: Daughter of Earl Robert & Ocie Edna(Watters)

Birth: Mar. 21, 1929 Death: Mar. 26,1930 Age 1   Family links: Parents: Earl Robert Burk (1885 – 1973) Ocie Edna Watters Burk (1896 – 1977) Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 641 A Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 19, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105477623

Name: Burgess, William H  ‘Will’
Burial Date: 1954, 07/14
Age at Death: 92
Plot Location: 676 G
Notes: Husband of Martha Ann(Jacobs)

William H Burgess

Birth:	1862
Death:	Jun., 1954
Age 92Family links:Spouse: Martha Ann Jacobs Burgess (____ – 1940)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 676 G
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Name: Burgess, Weldon Benny
Burial Date: 1925, 12/26
Age at Death: 8 months
Plot Location: 042 F
Notes: Son of Weldon & Reeta Arlene(Smith)

Birth:	Apr. 12, 1925
Death:	Dec. 24, 1925
Family links: Parents: Weldon Burgess (1900 – 1976) Retha Schmidt Burgess (1903 – 1970) Siblings: Weldon Benny Burgess (1925 – 1925) Derald Walker Burgess (1935 – 2010)* Carole E. Burgess Workman (1944 – 2011)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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