Obituary of Sandra Burke

BURKE, Sandra M. age 69 of Saddle River, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, October 7, 2007. Sandie was born in Teaneck on May 2, 1938. She grew up in Woodcliff Lake and was a graduate of Park Ridge High School. Sandie attended Skidmore College and the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in New York City. She was employed by Masi Boyle Associates, a Real Estate Investment firm in Paramus. Sandie was a member of the Saddle River Valley Club where she served as president; the Saddle River Valley Hospital Auxilary; the 1994 Saddle River Centennial Committee; was instrumental in the founding of the Saddle River Museum; and a parishioner of St. Gabriel's R.C. Church in Saddle River. Surviving is her beloved husband of 49 years, Maurice R. Burke, her devoted children, Terry Ann Burke Weil of Rye Brook, NY, and William A. Burke of Westwood, NJ. Sandie also leaves her adoring grandchildren, Sandison E. and Burke F. Weil, her brothers, Lance A. Shaw, and Rex F. Shaw. A funeral mass will be held Wednesday 11:00 AM at St. Gabriel's R. C. Church, 88 East Saddle River Road, Saddle River, NJ. Private interment will follow. Visiting is Tuesday 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, P.O.Box 27106, New York, NY 10087.