Jack Olen Bourke
b. 13 July 1930, d. 24 January 2001
- Father: Emery Irl Bourke b. 24 February 1887, d. 18 March 1950
- Mother: Ida Kempe b. 8 April 1893, d. 21 November 1972
- Jack Olen Bourke was born on 13 July 1930 in Tarrant County, Texas.
- The following appeared on 24 November 1972 in The Odessa American: (San Saba): Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. Friday in the Howell-Doran Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Ida K. Bourke, 79, who died Tuesday in a San Antonio hospital after an illness.
Burial was to be in the San Saba City Cemetery.
Born April 8, 1893, in Travis County, Mrs. Bourke married Emery Bourke in 1909 in Austin. She had resided in San Saba County most of her life. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include four sons, Raymond Bourke and Jack Bourke, both of San Saba, John Bourke of Midland and Menzie Bourke of Odessa; a brother, Frank Kempe of Fort Worth; two sisters, Mrs. Elfreda Ward and Mrs. Frances Clinkscales, both of Austin; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren. - Jack Olen Bourke died on 24 January 2001 at age 70 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
- He was interred at Merkel Family Cemetery, Llano County, Texas.
- Source: Information on Ida Alwine Menzer and her her origins from Nancy Sinclair
- Last Edited: 25 Apr 2009