Leah M. Burka
Leah M. Burka, 60, of Butler passed away Monday.
She was born July 24, 1952, in Butler, the daughter of the late Paul Walter and Ruth (McMillin) Bauer.
Leah was a 1970 graduate of Butler High School and graduated from Clarion State College, now Clarion University, in 1974. She was employed at the Butler Walmart for 10 years as a cashier.
Surviving are her husband of 32 years, Daniel Burka; two daughters and their husbands, Janet and Steven White of Butler and Megan and Jerod King of Pittsburgh; a son, Keith Burka of Butler; a sister, Linda and her husband, Harvey Wagner, of North Canton, Ohio; and two grandchildren.
BURKA — Friends of Leah M. Burka, who passed away Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, will be received at the Young Funeral Home, 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church, 221 W. New Castle St., Butler, with the Rev. Dave Maitland officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, Chicora.Contributions may be made to the Organ Fund for the First Baptist Church.Information also is available at www.youngfuneralhomes.com.
