VINITA, Sept. 25—The body of Vincent W. Burk, 34, navy chief
petty officer who shot and killed his three children and
himself in Norfolk, Va., this week, is being returned to
Vinita for services.
Rites were held Friday in Norfolk for his two sons, age 4
and 6, and daughter, 2. Burial was in a Norfolk cemetery.
Date for the arrival of the body, being escorted by navy
personnel, has not been determined. Services will be in
Luginbuel Brothers funeral home chapel. Burial will be in
the family lot at Goodman, Mo.
Survivors include: his mother, Mrs. Bessie Burk, Vinita; one
brother, John Burk, Shreveport, La., and five sisters, Mrs.
Florence Often, Woodbridge, N.J., Mrs. Ruth Dierckson,
Pryor, Mrs. Nadine McKisick, Big Cabin, Mrs. Jeannie Miller,
Vinita, and Mrs. Betty Tegge, Glendale, Calif.
Burk had served in the U.S. navy since before world war II.
His family came to Craig county in the late 1930s from
Missouri and settled near Vinita.
From The Oklahoma, 9/26/1954
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
