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Burkey, Dwight (1931-1951)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1951 Dec 27 p. 5

Birth date: 1931

text of obituary:

Indiana Youth Called by Death

Shipshewana, Ind. — Dwight Burkey, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Burkey of this community, died Dec. 2 after a three year illness.

Funeral services were conducted at the Shore Mennonite church on Dec. 4, with Early Bontrager and Lee Miller officiating.

Besides the parents, the young man is survived by two brothers, Austin, student at Goshen college, and David, two sisters, Marilyn and Rosaleta, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Burkey and Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Miller, all of Shipshewana.