BIRTH
6 Jun 1937
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH
7 Mar 2009 (aged 72)
Fenelton, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
JOHN BURKHART OBITUARY
John E. Burkhart
John E. Burkhart, 71, of Fenelton passed away Saturday at his home.
He was born June 6, 1937, in Pittsburgh, the son of the late John E. Burkhart Sr. and the late Elizabeth Burkhart.
John was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
He was a member of the Happy Hunters of Fenelton.
He enjoyed working outside, playing horseshoes and shooting pool.
He had worked as a truck driver for the Wayne W. Sell Corp.
Surviving are his wife, Sandy (Thiel) Burkhart, whom he married April 28, 1973; two daughters, Terri Lock of Butler and Michelle Burkhart and her companion, Jim McLaughlin, of Butler; a son, Charlie Burkhart and his fiance, Lisa, of Tarentum; two granddaughters, Sarah and Lyndsy Burkhart; three grandsons, Charles J. Burkhart Jr. and Justin and Jon Cook; a sister, Bonnie Fugunt of Tennessee; and a brother, Brad Burkhart of Florida.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister.
BURKHART - Friends of John E. Burkhart, who died Saturday, March 7, 2009, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Young Funeral Home Ltd., 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery, Prospect.
Graveside military honors will be by VFW Post 249 and American Post Legion 778.
For more information, go to www.youngfuneralhomes.com.
Published by Butler Eagle on Mar. 9, 2009.