Joseph Charles Burke

May 29, 1930 - April 18, 2022

Korean War Veteran

Joseph C. Burke of Naples, FL and Mashpee, MA passed away on April 18th, just short of his 92nd birthday, with his family by his side.

Joe was married to Patricia E. Burke (Dillon) for 64 years. He is survived by his 4 children, their spouses and his grandchildren; Linda Burke and Adam Segal of Beverly MA, Daniel Burke of New York City, Karen Burke and Melissa Fahey-Burke of Stratford, CT, granddaughter Jordan Chan and her partner Andy Hernadez of Fairfield CT, David and Patricia (Tica) Burke, and his beloved grandson, Michael of North Stamford, CT, and many nieces and nephews.

Joe was born in 1930 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and was 1 of 6 children. He served as a senior Army member of the IEEE during the Korean War, and graduated on the GI bill from Northeastern University with an electrical engineering degree (1957). After moving to Connecticut, Joe worked for Southern New England Telephone Company for 35 years while he spent many happy years raising his family in North Haven, CT, and vacationing at their cottage in Mashpee on Cape Cod. After retirement, Pat and Joe moved to Mashpee, and wintered in Old Naples, Florida, where Joe would play an occasional golf game, walk the early morning beach, enjoy visits with his family, watch his beloved Red Sox, keep up with science and politics, listen to music, and ride his bike.

Joe will be interred in the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne on Cape Cod, in a private ceremony at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Joe’s honor to either the Arbor Day Foundation. (arborday.org) or to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. (https://www.whoi.edu/).