A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be Aug. 14, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Constance, with the Rev. Eliot Schwer officiating.

Burial will be at St. Frances Cemetery, Randolph.

The family will receive relatives and friends one hour prior to services at the church.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home, Crofton.

John David was born March 1, 1960, in Osmond, to John David and Rosemary Rita (O’Connor) Burke Sr. He grew up on a farm southwest of Coleridge and went to elementary school in Coleridge. John graduated from Cedar Catholic High School, Hartington, in 1978. He attended Northeast Technical Community College, Norfolk, studying diesel mechanics. John entered the Hardee’s Restaurant management program working in Norfolk and Fremont. He then joined the Navy, studying nuclear power. He began driving trucks for Bill Stevens’ harvest crew and transitioned to over-the-road trucking for the remainder of his work life. John lived in western South Dakota before settling in the Crofton area. Because of a health disability, he stopped trucking in 2012.

John attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and loved to walk his dog, O’Reilly. While in high school, he participated in band and drama, and once received the conference “Outstanding Actor” in the One-Act Play production of Hope is a Thing With Feathers.

John is survived by his five siblings, Gerald (Mary) Burke, Omaha; Mary (Claire) Guthrie, Lincoln; Angela Burke, Lincoln; James (Trisha) Burke, Elkhorn; and Joseph Burke, Lincoln; and 12 nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Rosemary Burke; a brother, Martin, September 2025; a sister, Eileen Burke, in 2017.

John Burke