Obituary: Elvina Fern Burke

Elvina Fern Burke was born to Stephen and Opal Woodard on Aug. 6, 1935, in Rifle, Colo., where she also grew up. She was the fifth of seven children.
After graduating from Rifle High School, she traveled with Bud and Dorothy Magor as a nanny, taking care of their two children. Fern fondly remembered this part of her life, and shared memories of it often with her own children.
A few years later,…