your email below for our complimentary daily grief messages. Q: [laughs] How did you figure out what needed to be done with the house? Its all stay in here. Cumberland George E. Burke, 72, of William St. died Thursday in the Memorial Hospital of R. I., Pawtucket. Q: Is there somebody in particular that you work with for reupholstery or restorations? And I said, What in the hell is this doing in my house? So I opened up the lid and there was this old lady laying in there, with this big lace collar around her neck, and her hair was puffed up behind her head, like that, was all gray. And he wanted to retire and he gave his son the business. I dont know, Im just used to it. And Id go downtown and Id wheel and deal for a bottle of whiskey. And then I said, well, now Im going to buy a home. And you can put it together and fix it. If you give me a big helping hand here. I said, You know, I dont make that much money. He enjoyed hockey, football, and the beach, but most important to him was family and friends. Burke: years ago, because I couldnt afford to keep it. So I figured, hmm! So I went down in Rossville and I bought a beautiful, big old, rundown place and restored it completely. So as long as I own it, I own it, theyll pay for it. And, oh, nobefore then, when I had moved in, I had moved in, and the house had been empty for years. Rain. Well, he lived on Staten Island. So when I got it, of course, the old kitchen was inI had knocked it down because it was all falling apart. So we lived there, and it was a big courtyard and there were four buildings and the center courtyard was all grass. Like there was old Greek, like the Parthenon, the Greek templesoh, it was beautiful. I know all the grounds that were around it were beautiful gardens. Q: I wanted to ask, also, theres a painting of you in the house, right? But the problem is, its so limited on Staten Island. And the only problem with that was the kitchen was downstairs. And then of course, being in New York and being in the thing like that, I got to be very, very good friends, with Scalamandr. I think hes given you a great history of what started and, basically, youve talked about his life from the beginning, so, I dont know. So I run downstairs. Burke: Anyway, she was well known here on Staten Island. So it didnt matter. Because thats what I bought with the money. Devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. Thats the only thing people could bring. And he kept up with him, up until the time Mario passed away. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, from 6pm until 8pm at Wiley Funeral Home. Daller: But it was the thing with the lilacs smell. Burke: One was a necklace with a heart on it. Burke: Oh, well, look what I did. We have a choice in having a caretaker come in also to maintain it. Q: When you were youngwhen you were a kid. He is survived by : his wife Mildred Burke (Lee); his sons, Joseph (Hollis) of Augusta, GA, Darryl of Little Rock, AR and Milton Boddie (Connie) of Utica; his sister-in-law Deaconess Gladys Burke of Rochester; and his grandchildren, Brian, Shannon, Markese, Milton Jr., Marcus, Mary Tanski, Joe Howard Jr., Donna Arnette, Anita Prather, Nita, Jana, Siane, Khalil, Sarai, Daniel, Samantha, Ryan, Karimah, Jada, Brian Jr., Raven, Brianna, Jamel, Tavarus and Ashley. I forgot whose house it was. John George Burke (2006-2007) - Find a Grave Memorial Obituaries Kenneth David Burke of Woburn, St.George . And places on Staten Island are being destroyed every minute of the dayyou find another house is goingand its happening in all the boroughs! And I, throughout the time, I went from room to room in the house and restored it. Early life [ edit] Marshall was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. View and upload photos of George Burke. Burke: But everything will stay here exactly as it is, because if its going to be a museum, people are not going to come in and look at empty walls. Interment will follow at Holly Hills Memorial Continue Reading And so people saidthey took all the horses and they moved to New Jersey. Burke: Yes, I paid off this house. And they said, Oh my god, George, what are you Oh, and who else was that? I wanted to know some more details about the life tenancy. And I looked in the thing, I said, Holy shit. Well, the paintings and the small stuff like thatthat like that mirror and those paintings and all that stuffthat was all the little stuff. George "Sonnyman" Preston Burke, age 83, of Brazoria passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 1, 2021 with his family by his side. And I would just would go around and Id just pick stuff up. Burke: Yes, but just think of that gorgeous, bigthe mansion that this was their farmhouse, up the street here, that was gorgeous. Burke: Oh, God, Mario come out here all the time. That woman, she lived in riding clothes! Before he left, the house was fine. But how many people really have a sense of history anymore? And, of course, being in the military and traveling with them, the government shipped all my stuff that I bought and picked upshipped it all back to America for me. Jeanne Marie Trentman Burleson, 97 of Morganton, NC passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023. Because the water was in the basement for so many years, all the dampness had lifted all the floorboards and everything, and so I had to dry the house out, and replaster the walls. Born: On March 9, 1927, in Philadelphia, he was . The columns werent square wooden ones, like these, they were beautiful fluted ones with all the Corinthian leaves on the tops of them and all that stuff. I slept in it, lived in it, ate in it. And I said, Well, the smell is still there. And I said to her, Whatever happened to the old girl? And she said, Well, years ago, when she died, she said, she was laid out in the front parlor in the coffin, and it was nothing but lilacs. And the porch went all like this, around the house. But I restored all that. I got one or two things out of it. Obituary of George Burke George M. Burke, 62 , of Freehold Township, died Saturday, June 18, 2011 at home. Restored the building, looked around, come down, bought this house from Mrs. Seguine, and then moved out of the bar and restaurantbecause I had a room upstairs in it. The only thing that will save this house as a bulldozer! [laughs] But anyway, I saved it. Daller: Then you got rid of thatbut those are the early days. Burke: You want it from the first day I was born in the hospital across the street? Theyre all McMansions. You can go and look and read about anything about the South Shore of Staten Island. How the hell they got to the right people, I dont know. Learn about funeral styles + unique options to have a personalized service or celebration. Yes. I bet shes there. Echovita Inc is a registered trademark. He introduced me all the time tobecause look at look at what he was. Dont forget I, for yearsin London, I went to university. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Lititz, PA. Q: When you were making those decisions about decorating, were you thinking about a particular style, like a historic style, that you were going for? Q: Was that house that you restored in a similar condition as this house? But I dreamt it and I knew every single thing about it. Well. And then I was able to get all my stuff out of storage and out of peoples homes where I stored them, and furnished the house and moved and lived in the whole house, took care of it. Well, it doesnt matter, her name. Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. And my father died, and we were all very young. Still kept it. Burke: Yes, he did that little sofa there. Where all the servants lived. Isnt that a huge house theyre building, you told me? Its a plus for the borough too. And all the time when all the lilacs would come in the spring, and the whole place would smell of lilacs, its gorgeous, still is. And that was the end of that. A unique and lasting tribute for a loved one. All that gorgeous porcelain, like the Flower Sellers Childrenits a big piece like that. Burke: Yes, I had to go down in the basement, and put a post, and then I had to jack up the stairs. And then I went through floor and room after room, and took almost five years to put the house in good shape, the way you could see it. according to his obituary. I dont want you in this house. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. And as I said, for a thing of whiskey or a bottle of wine, theyd give you anything, because none of them have had it for years and years. And we cant come over here because both of them lived way out in New Jersey, and theyd come every day. On a goddamn pillared mattress sleeping? All my life, I was raised in a big house. And I miss all those horses. So we talked to our brother Bill and he had come up with the money, bought the house. Were not going to stay and put up with these two people. They moved in there, and they lived there. So the next day, Im up and Im outside. Burke: Like a locket. And Im looking at looking at it and I said, You know, thats the last house. And it did all the dental workany kind of dental work and everything was manufactured there. And in order to have food and such, youd have to bring it up the back stairs. And it became quite the place to be. And the people that lived there, they got a little too old to stay there. And I said, well, Im going to retire. And when youd come down, there wasthe stairwell come down, and it was a double parlor, like this, and where this door was, was with two double doors. Burke: Right across the creek. Q: Today is November 9, 2021. And I took John in as a partner, but I owned the Old Bermuda Inn and the two buildings. This the expensive piece of property! They sold it to the developers. And everyone became extremely close. But I had all this beautiful carved stuff. Oh, God, I worked so damn hard. But unfortunately, all the stuff up there was cured by urine. And Luis Caizares painted that. I dont know if it ever took off. And they were good investments. But, thats what I did. So I gave it to them. And hes the one that did my portrait upstairs. So I said, Well, I would have named it The Rossville Inn because it was in Rossville, but he will he loved Bermuda and he wanted Bermuda Inn. So I said, Yes, John, well call it the Old Bermuda Inn. Q: So this is going to part of an online archive. Staten Island and the South Shore is the only place where people can still move, be in a country feeling, and build what they want to build, and have a garden and have a lawn and, you know, they can be in the country and still be in the city. Youre coming with me. So Id say Okay, Murphy, lets go! She was something, I mean. Hes the man that built the house. And they would give me all kinds of beautiful little carved objects and things that would be carved out of the whales teeth or. Q: What grabbed your eye? Its all part of history, and theyre just destroying it every way they can. He spends time in every part of it. I restored that, and that was an old mansionan old pillar-fronted mansionlooked like the house, similar. Burke: What were the things I did when what? Sign up for NYPAP mailings and our Newsletter to stay up-to-date. You got to get out. So we moved to Florida. Yes. Burke: Oh, when I bought the house, everybody told me, Oh, what are you buying that old crap for? Well, I didnt say I bought it because I got it practically for nothing because they couldnt get rid of it. No, its not something were talking about right now. Then there was the main hall that went through, just like this: door, front door, back door. Youd have to see the house to see what Im talking about. All the way to the Great Kills Harbor. So its saved forever. What a gorgeous home that was. So, unfortunately, there arent many people that care that way anymore. madonna album sales worldwide soldiers and sailors memorial auditorium events jeffrey disick death brightness of a colour crossword clue 4 letters nba 2k22 lakers all . But you do have Chris thats upstairs that lives in the servants quarters. And these roofs had big arches, like this. Either you buy me out, or I buy you out. I bet I left the cellar door open under the stairwell, from the basement, and I bet thats the soap Ive got in the washing machine that smells like that. He was incurring all the expenses. Burke: Oh, God, I stood on the edge here and I watched what was going on over there. Because she begged me. Daller: No. But that was the cistern for doing all the laundry and everything in the basement. Daller: See, now you learned about kitchens. Because he lived right here, lived right here on Staten Island. They were all along the waterfront here. And so shes got the bridge, and it costs money. And one day. You made enough money. But I put the kitchen in the basement and sealed up that, because once that filled up with water, it would leak into the basement. What were the things that you did when you were young? So after a couple of years going back and forth, his daughter, she decided she wanted to get involved in it. Burke: Sure. Monday, February 18, 2013 Carol Abbott Ellis Daller: Yes. And I only have so much money being what I am. So he said, Dont worry about it. And she said, George, you have so much with design and such, I want you to take over the wallpaper department and the fabric department. I did fantastic for the store.