Regina Burke

Regina M. Burke age 87 of New Hampton, Iowa died Friday morning, October 14, 2011, at the New Hampton Care Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 21, 2011, at Holy Family Parish-St. Joseph Center, New Hampton with Rev. Mark Osterhaus celebrating the Mass. The pall will be placed by her children. Lectors for the service will be Jerry Burke, Tim Burke and Arlene Stewart. Presenting the offertory gifts will be Shane Burke, Maddie Burke and Colin Burke. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, New Hampton with Kelly Allen, Beth Allen, Stephanie Stewart, Sean Stewart, Connie Boyd, Matt Allen, Ryan Burke and Kevin Burke serving as pallbearers. Friends may greet the family 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October, 20, 2011, at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in New Hampton where there will be a 6:30 p.m. parish scripture service. Visitation continues an hour prior to the funeral at the church on Friday Regina Mary Burke was born November 30, 1923, in New Hampton, Iowa the daughter of Raymond and Mary Regina (Quinn) Nulty. The Nulty family farmed near Lawler where Regina received her education at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School and later graduated from the Lawler High School. Regina then attended business college in Mason City and worked for the State Bank of Lawler. On August 9, 1945, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Lawler, she married Emmett Francis Burke. To this union eight children were born. The couple farmed the Burke family farm east of New Hampton until moving into town in 1991. She was a longstanding charter member of the neighborhood T.N.T. Club, enjoyed volunteering with the Chickasaw County Genealogy Society and attending library Book Discussion group. Emmett died on August 5, 2011, at the age of 95. Survivors include four sons, Ray Burke of New Hampton, Jerry (Carol) Burke of Manchester, Tim (Sue) Burke of Apple Valley, MN and Joe (Connie) Burke of New Hampton; three daughters, Kay (Tim) Allen of Duluth, MN, Arlene Stewart of New Ulm, MN and Melanie Burke of Maple Grove, MN; son-in-law, Piet Maarsen of Aalsmeer, Netherlands; fifteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter, Marcella (Burke) Maarsen; great-grandson, Jackson Stewart; son-in-law, Larry Stewart; one brother, Thomas Nulty.