Jane Burchinsky (1872

Date : 26 Jan 1954
Location : Mount Carmel Cemetery, Dubuque, IA

Last Rites Held At Mount Carmel For Sr. M. Laurina

Funeral services for Sister Mary Laurina, BVM., who died in Mount Carmel infirmary Sunday morning, January 24, were held in Mount Carmel chapel Tuesday. The Rev. Justin A. Driscoll celebrated the Requiem High Mass.

Sister Mary Laurina, daughter of the late Joseph and Agnes Zuraff Burk, was born in Jesup, Iowa. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity, BVM., May 24, 1892, from Waterloo, Iowa.

For nearly 50 years she was an instructor in Chicago parochial schools — Holy Family, St. Charles, Our Lady of the Angels, and St. Vincent. Other missions to which she was assigned were St. Patrick's, Lincoln, Illinois, and St. Mary's, Riverside, Iowa. About five years ago she came to the infirmary.

Surviving members of Sister's immediate family are a brother, Joseph Burk, San Diego, California, two sisters, Mrs. Anna Salz and Mrs. Agnes Thompson, both of Waterloo. A niece, Sister Mary Rembert, BVM., local superior of Sacred Heart convent, Manly, Iowa, and a grandniece, Sister Mary Patrick Louis, BVM., New York.

The Witness [Dubuque, IA] - Jan 28, 1954

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Joseph Burchinsky - line 42

Source - Year: 1880; Census Place: Perry, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: 329; Family History Film: 1254329; Page: 570B; Enumeration District: 94; Image: 0442.

Joseph Burchinsky - line 7

Source - Year: 1885; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Independence, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: IA1885_154; Image: 118

Sister Mary Laurina - line 72

Source - Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 251; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 0181

Sister Mary Laurina - line 31

Source - Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_250; Page: 2a; Enumeration District: 1605; FHL microfilm: 1374263

Sister Mary Laurina - line 85

Source - Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 35, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_357; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 2267

Sister Mary Laurina - line 35

Source - Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-01010; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 103-2844

Sister Mary Laurina - line 30

Source - Year: 1950; Census Place: Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll: 916; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 31-98

Source - Iowa Death Records, 1952-1967

Last Rites Held At Mount Carmel For Sr. M. Laurina

Funeral services for Sister Mary Laurina, BVM., who died in Mount Carmel infirmary Sunday morning, January 24, were held in Mount Carmel chapel Tuesday. The Rev. Justin A. Driscoll celebrated the Requiem High Mass.

Sister Mary Laurina, daughter of the late Joseph and Agnes Zuraff Burk, was born in Jesup, Iowa. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity, BVM., May 24, 1892, from Waterloo, Iowa.

For nearly 50 years she was an instructor in Chicago parochial schools — Holy Family, St. Charles, Our Lady of the Angels, and St. Vincent. Other missions to which she was assigned were St. Patrick's, Lincoln, Illinois, and St. Mary's, Riverside, Iowa. About five years ago she came to the infirmary.

Surviving members of Sister's immediate family are a brother, Joseph Burk, San Diego, California, two sisters, Mrs. Anna Salz and Mrs. Agnes Thompson, both of Waterloo. A niece, Sister Mary Rembert, BVM., local superior of Sacred Heart convent, Manly, Iowa, and a grandniece, Sister Mary Patrick Louis, BVM., New York.

Source - The Witness [Dubuque, IA] - Jan 28, 1954

Research notes for Sr.M. Laurina

From The Waterloo Daily Courier - Jan 26, 1954...
SISTER MARY LAURINA
Funeral services for Sister Mary Laurina, 81, a nun for 62 years and native of this city, were conducted Tuesday morning at Mt Carmel chapel, Dubuque, with burial there.
A daughter of Joseph and Agnes Burchinsky, she was born June 10, 1872, entering the congregation of the Sisters of Charity May 24, 1892. She was a teacher in Chicago schools 56 years and for two years was a instructor at Riverside.
She had been a patient for the past four years at the Mother House Infirmary at Dubuque where she died of complications incident to advanced age.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Anna Salz, 52 Franklin St., and Mrs. Agnes Thompson, 321 East Second St., and a brother, Joseph Burchinsky of San Diego, Calif. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and two brothers.

Jun 10 1872 Birth		Birth of Jane Burchinsky
Jun 1880 Age 7		Lived in Perry, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
1885 Age 12		Lived in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Jun 1900 Age 27		Lived in Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois (Census)
Nov 14 1907 Age 35		Death of father, Joseph Burchinsky
Apr 1910 Age 37		Lived in Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois (Census)
Feb 03 1916 Age 43		Death of mother, Agnes Zuraff
Jan 1920 Age 47		Lived in Chicago Ward 35, Cook (Chicago), Illinois (Census)
Apr 1940 Age 67		Lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Census)
1950 Age 77		Lived in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa (Census)
Jan 24 1954 Age 81		Death of Jane Burchinsky