Michael Burke Dies
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Michael F. Burke, 71, a retired Air Force colonel who served on the seven-man research team for President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, died May 3 of complications from kidney disease at Glens Falls Hospital in Glens Falls, N.Y. He was a Burke resident before moving back to Saratoga Springs, his home town, in 2003.
Col. Burke, who served in the Air Force from 1960 to 1989, was a navigator on the C-47 and B-52. Early in his career, he served tours of duty in Marquette, Mich., Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. He also served in Vietnam.
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Col. Burke's first wife, Kathy Kelly Burke, a retired Air Force captain, died in 2000.
Survivors include his wife of three years, Diana Murphy Burke of Saratoga Springs; three daughters from the first marriage, Kate Kurtzke of Ashburn, Chris Samisch of Valrico, Fla., and Kerri-Rose Burke of Arlington County; a stepson from the second marriage, Joseph Murphy of Saratoga Springs; a sister; and eight grandchildren.
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