Obituary: Dale Burke

by Special to the Herald Times on January 22, 2015

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Lifelong Piceance Creek resident Dale Burke passed away Sunday Jan. 11, 2015, at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colo.

Dale was the 13th of 15 children born to Fred and Annie Burke, right behind his twin brother, Dean. Dean always teased, “I had to show him the way out or he would never have made it.” Dale responded by saying, “If I hadn’t given you a push, you’d still be there.”
Dale attended…