Background
Burke, Harold Devere was born on May 2, 1922 in Sturgis, Michigan, United States. Son of Oscar and Harriet (Iler) Burke.
Burke, Harold Devere was born on May 2, 1922 in Sturgis, Michigan, United States. Son of Oscar and Harriet (Iler) Burke.
Student, Argubright Business College, Battlecreek, Michigan, 1938-1940; student, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1942-1943.
Purchasing manager, Kirsch Company, Sturgis, 1940-1982. President Southwestern Michigan Purchasing Management, Kalamazoo, 1982, director national.affairs, 1983. Federal school representative St. Joseph County Intermediate School, Centreville, Michigan, 1984, State of Michigan, 1985.
President school board Sturgis Public Schools, 1968-1972, St. Joseph County Intermediate, 1972-1990. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force, 1942-1946, Italy. Member Knights of Pythias (supreme chancellor international 1988-1990, grand chancellor for state 1962-1963), Masons, Elks (trustee 1982), American Legion (past Commander 1978), Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Married Polly L. Fuess, November 27, 1943. Children: Virginia Sue Batt, John Robert.