Richard Earl Burkett

Topeka Capital Journal/cjonline.com
Posted: Monday, November 27, 2000

Richard Burkett

Richard Earl Burkett, 78, Topeka, died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2000, at a Topeka hospital.

He was born May 15, 1922, in Burlingame, to Walter and Martha Washington Burkett.  He graduated from Burlingame High School.  He lived in Topeka since 1946.  He was a U.S. Civil Service employee at Forbes Air Force Base before he retired.

He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army from 1942 to 1946.

He was a member of Seaman Congregational United Church of Christ, North Post No. 400 of the American Legion, Billard Post No. 1650 of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Topeka Chapter No. 3 of Disabled American Veterans and Oakland IOOF Lodge No. 640, all in Topeka.

He married Dorothy Phyllis Trueblood on Aug. 28, 1946, in Topeka.  She survives.  A granddaughter, Crystal Burkett, preceded him in death.

Other survivors include two sons, Richard Burkett and Craig Burkett, both in Topeka; two daughters, Linda Lowe, Topeka, and Carolyn Wilt, Rossville; a sister, Arlene Ramskill, Attica, Ohio; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Parker-Price Mortuary. Billard Post No. 1650 of Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct graveside services at Valencia Cemetery west of Topeka.  Mr. Burkett will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the mortuary, where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Topeka Chapter No. 3 of Disabled American Veterans, 2021 Moundview Drive, 66604. 

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