The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

David L. Burkett
Jan. 17, 1932 - May 21, 1996
David L. BURKETT, 64, Buckeye, Ariz., formerly of Talma, died at 11:25 a.m. on
Tuesday at Hospice Family Care, Sun City, Ariz. He was born in Rochester to Norman and Helen
MILLER BURKETT and married Shirley ADAMS in 1953. He owned and operated Burkett’s
Store in Talma for 16 years and was a retired postal carrier from the Rochester Post Office, where
he worked for 25 years. He was a member of the Rivervidw Community Church, Talma, the
Newcastle Lion’s Club, the American Legion and VFW, Rochester.
He was a Trustee for Newcastle Township for four years and a Tippecanoe Valley School
Board Member for four years. He was a retired United States Marine Corps Warrant Officer and
Korean War veteran.
Preceding him in death are his father, Norman BURKETT, and one brother, Bill
BURKETT.
Surviving are his wife, Shirley J. BURKETT; three daughters, Sharon LINDENLAUB,
Litchfield Park, Ariz., Lisa GOODMAN, Rochester, Lee Ann McDONALD, Clermont, Fla.; four
granddaughters and two grandsons; mother, Helen BURKETT, Palmyra, N.Y.; one sister, Marcia
ROBBINS, Palmyra, N.Y.; two brothers, Dick BURKETT and his wife Belva, Plainfield, and
Tom BURKETT, Burlington, Wis.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Riverview Communty Church, Talma, with the Rev.
Rodney RUBERG officiating. Burial will be at the Athens Cemetery. The American Legion and
VFW will conduct graveside rites. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Foster & Good
Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. until services Saturday at Riverview Community Church.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Family Care in Sun Valley, Ariz.
James G. McClain
December 4, 1920 - May 21, 1996
James G. McCLAIN, 75, South Bend, died at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at his residence.
Born in Sharpesville to Glen J. and Alice RUST McCLAIN, he married Helen ROJICS in
1939. He retired from Bendix Corp., South Bend, in 1974, after 33 years. He was a union steward
for 24 years and served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II.
Surviving are his wife Helen McCLAIN; one son, James D. McCLAIN, South Bend;
three grandsons, James D and Jayme D. JONES, Mixh. and Jerry D. McCLAIN, South Bend; four
great-grandchildren; one half-brother, Robert PURDOM, Summerfield, Fla.; and several cousins.
Services will be 10 a.m.Friday at Grossma Funeral Home, Argos, with Pastor Robert
MACE officiating. Burial will be at [the Athens] Cemetery. [The American Legion and VFW
will conduct graveside rites]. Friends may call at the [Foster & Good Funeral home from 5-8 p.m.
[Friday, and from 10 a.m. until services Saturday at the Riverview Community Church.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Family Care in Sun Valley, Ariz].