Rita Esther Burges

Background

Burges, Rita Esther was born on November 12, 1934 in Olathe, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Vincent Joseph Meyer and Evelyn Marie (Schalk) Meyer.

Education

Bachelor, Avila College, 1965.

Career

Substitute teacher teacher's. aide, St. Agnes Catholic School, Shanee Mission, Kansas, 1953-1956; teacher 1st grade, St. Agnes Catholic School, Shanee Mission, Kansas, 1962-1971; teacher 1st grade, Holy Name Catholic School, Kansas City, Kansas, 1956-1958; teacher 1st grade, Holy Name Catholic School, Kansas City, Kansas, 1959-1960; teacher 1st grade, Queen the Holy Rosary Catholic School, Overland Park, Kansas, 1958-1959, 60-62; teacher special education, Hereford (Texas) Indiana School District, 1971-1986, 88-93; principal K-6th grades, St. Anthony's Catholic School, Hereford, 1986-1988. Teacher special education Lakemary Center, Paola, Kansas, 1970. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Rita Esther Burges has been listed as a noteworthy special education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member St. Anthony's Choir, Hereford, 1972-1991. Eucharistic minister St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Hereford, 1985-1991. Clerk Democratic Committee, Umbarger, Texas, 1972.

Volunteer Crown of Texas Hospice Program. Member Council for Exceptional Children, Texas Classroom Teachers Organisation (school representative 1984-1985), Texas State Teachers Organisation (life).

Interests

• Avocations: yard work, gardening, sewing, cooking, swimming.

Connections

Married Melvin Joe Burges, July 6, 1974 (deceased).

Father:

Vincent Joseph Meyer Meyer

Mother:

Evelyn Marie (Schalk) Meyer

Spouse:

Melvin Joe Burges