Former Shawnee, Oklahoma resident Mary Ann Thompson Burke Allen, Oklahoma City, died Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 in Oklahoma City.
Private interment service will be at Okmulgee, Oklahoma Cemetery under direction of Hahn-Cook, Street and Draper Funeral Home, Oklahoma City.
Mary Ann was born October 8, 1922, the fourth daughter, fifth child of Robert D. and Martha C. Thompson, Okmulgee oil pioneers. She graduated from Okmulgee High School, William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri and Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma. She worked for the Oklahoma Welfare Department as a social worker specializing in adoptions. She married Doyle M. Burke who was Chief Geologist and Manager at Viersen and Cochran of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. They settled in Shawnee, Oklahoma where they raised their son, Mike. Her husband Doyle preceded her in death in 1989. She was also preceded in death in 1999 by her second husband Charles Allen of Oklahoma City.
She was a member of First Christian Church, Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Survivors include her son Michael Burke and grandson Miles Burke, both of Oklahoma City and numerous nieces and nephews.
