Joseph A. Burke, age 83, Native of Cappaghduff, Co. Mayo, Ireland; devoted minister with the Elmwood Park English Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses; beloved husband of Anne, nee Conway; loving father of Sheila (Steve) Burke, Mary (Ed) Regester, Cathy (Michael) Tanner, Michael (Laura) Burke, Patrick Burke, Barbara (Louis) Roppo, Judy (John) Mortell and John (Maria) Burke; proud grandfather of William, Sarah, Kaley, Jonathan, Kerianne, Andrew, Joseph, Stephanie, Bethany, Hannah, Kaitlin, Rebecca and great-grandfather of Joseph; dear brother of Ellen Burke of Taum, Ireland; fond uncle of many nieces and nephews.Member of the I.U.O.E local 309 Memorial Visitation Sunday, July 14, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. with a funeral service at 7:00 p.m. at Gibbons Funeral Home, 134 South York Road, (½ mile North of Saint Charles Road), Elmhurst. For funeral information please call 630-832-0018 or www.gibbonsfuneralhome.com
