Q: Yes. Sell the other half to Billthat was my brother and you and George, move with me to Florida. So we all thought that was a great idea. I want it now. I could never get it. Thats what it is. That was a bigits still there. So dont worry about it. Ghost in the houseif shes gonna live there, she could do some cleaning up, do some dusting. I said, No, no, no. And I studied architecture and the history of design and everything, I know all that. And its still there, its all there. Would you like to offer George J. Burkes loved ones a condolence message? And all this beautiful stuff, I used to put in a big box. Daller: Thats been acquired over the years. Daller: Well, he hopes that Historic House Trust and the Parks Department work hand in hand and maintaining itthat theyll maintain it as a museum. It feels like home, because thats what its been. Burke: I think that waswhod ya call-it got me involved with that. And he did the big sofa in there, didnt he? Right across the creek. Sign up for NYPAP mailings and our Newsletter to stay up-to-date. And in the meantime, I made a couple of little investments and they turned out very well for me. And think about it. Burke: Yes. Daller: Oh, yes. All rights reserved. I had just bought this house, and it needed a lot of work. And from the garden, you could come back in under the porch and down into the kitchen in the basement. But you do have Chris thats upstairs that lives in the servants quarters. Print Friendly Version . I did go around and take pictures of what was left of some of them. And I loved it. Q: And you said that you restored the garden there too? Burke: Yes, its a big oil painting, a big painting like this. And thats where I had all this wonderful carved stuff from the Eskimos that they gave me. So I said, Well, Bess, if youre interested in doing it, Im interested in doing it.. And it never had a kitchen. But anyway, she said, No, Im not going in. And then, on the side of the house in the back, there was a little piece built out. And everyone became extremely close. Absolutely gorgeous. George W. Burke, of Hull, died on Oct. 2. Anyway, I said, Oh boy, did I have a scary dream. I told her my dream. So everything just kept going off and someone would have all of this, someone would have all of that. They couldnt handle it, the clientele that came in. March 1, 2023 10:52am. This old? And the people that lived there, they got a little too old to stay there. That whole salon set there was a Victorian salon setand the couch is a camelback. Obituaries Kenneth David Burke of Woburn, St.George . And I worked there for quite a while, and I lived in the Bronx. You know, everybody knew him, and everybody, wow. And places on Staten Island are being destroyed every minute of the dayyou find another house is goingand its happening in all the boroughs! Im going to retire, Im going to go down to that big old house, restore it, fix it all up, move in it, and enjoy it. And I took the money. George E. Burke Obituary (1923 - 2022) | Utica, New York - Echovita So I gave it to them. Write your message of sympathy today. Burke: You want it from the first day I was born in the hospital across the street? People: Mario Buatta, Luis Caizares, Linda Daller, John Krawchuck, James and Kathleen Pistilli, Adriana Scalamandr, John Scalia, Elizabeth Bess Seguine Aug, Joseph Seguine, Organizations: Friends of the Seguine Mansion, Historic House Trust, House of Scalamandr, NYC Departments of Parks and Recreation, Sherwin-Williams, U.S. Air Force, Places: Annandale, Hammersmith College, Port Richmond, Old Bermuda Inn, Saks Fifth Avenue, Seguine Mansion, St. George, Staten Island, Tidewater Inn, Tottenville, The New York Preservation Archive Project. But that was the cistern for doing all the laundry and everything in the basement. Burke: And he was one of the top portrait painters in Madrid. Too bad that there wasnt somebody with a brain. He had been an auto mechanic at Berky's Auto Service in Freehold Township for the past 20 years. Thats the only thing in the house left from the Seguines. can stop at any time. And so they lost it. But they hadnt been there, maybe five, six years, and I guess they decided, Oh! And I finally got to meet Mrs. Seguine because she had stables at that time. I collected all my antiques and all my stuff when I was traveling. What a gorgeous home that was. But again, I dont know that Staten Island appreciates anything, because we had a Borough President at one time that we asked him a question about something and his answer to my uncle was, Well, why would you want to put a new suit on an old man?. When they shipped me back from where I was, where the Eskimos were, they sent me back to the base, because they were shipping everybody now, backafter your time was up, you had to go back because you couldnt stay any longer than two years, and after two years, you had to come back to the States. I bought those in Germany. Thats not good. The same thing thats going on with statues. I mean, these little gold chairs, are Victorianthats a Victorian chaireverything is really Victorian. Also survived by many in-laws, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. Interment will follow at Holly Hills Memorial Continue Reading Daller: You know, people dont understand them. And she was laid in a dress with a big lace collar. Daller: Thats a story you should share, about the lilacs and the lady. Burke: I had a beautiful big old house in Tottenville that I loved. George lived the majority of his life in Double Trouble Village, first working the cranberry industry and then as a caretaker following his fathers retirement in 1964. And as I said, I was in the military up there and we werent a big group of military, it was like a small base. And then you could walk under the porch out into the garden. But I put the kitchen in the basement and sealed up that, because once that filled up with water, it would leak into the basement. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. It was terrible. Courtesy of Michael Kushner. And in the basement, I put the kitchen and a dining area and everything. Friends will be received from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 135 Park Street . Burke: What its been like for you to live here. Burke: Ed. And thats what they were doing in France to keep from getting it taxed. And a couple of my friends came as bartenders for me. Daller: The staircase wasnt even straight. Daller: I think weve touched on everything, really. Burke: Yes, and I had a beautiful apartment for years in St. George. But I had all that money! Ive been to the Tenement Museum, and I love the fact that theres a woman on a loop and she discusses living in the apartment. I had all the walls done. And these roofs had big arches, like this. And the only reason why this survived is because nobody wanted the farmhouse! Winds E at 15 to 25 mph. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of George R. Burke, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store. And I kept life rights for it. I found these here on Staten Island in somebodys basement! Burke: But anyway, when my time was up in the service, they shipped me back here to, Burke: Alaska, and I stayed in Alaska. She said, George, when she died, she was laid out in the coffin, right in that room, in front of those two windows. Born April 22, 1938, in Alcolu, he was a son of the late George Wilbur Burke and the late Valaree Hodge Burke Moore. Read more about the life story of George and share your memory. So its a shame. So, I would saywhat was it?the spring, and in the back of the house was the entrance to the cellar with the double doors, where you walked down the stairs, and it was all brick, and it had the doors. For now, take a walk in Double Trouble and think fondly of the man who was Double Trouble. Im sorry that, during all that construction, I wasnt taking photographs, of step by step. I went around and I got it and shipped it all back home. A lot of these drapes, they did. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. Monday, February 18, 2013 Carol Abbott Ellis I remember you always loved it and liked it. I said, Gee, look at these chairs. And they said, Yes, look at them. Loving brother of Stephen Burke of Florida, Joan Burke of Plymouth, and Timothy Burke of Plymouth. He was in the Air Force. Ill give you a job. Obituary | George Edmund Burke | J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, A Life Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery of Burke. That was Mrs., what was her name? I saved it years and years ago. She said, Now you can save it., And I said, Well, I can save it. Q: What grabbed your eye? Q: And, do you keep records on, on those kinds of things? below. Because the water was in the basement for so many years, all the dampness had lifted all the floorboards and everything, and so I had to dry the house out, and replaster the walls. Burke: Her sister has it [indicating Daller]. Q: And how did you keep track of all the items in your collection as they were moving from, Burke: Well, a lot of this stuff, I never got back, because once you left it for years and years, you werent going to go back and say, Well, give me that, and give me this. Was it your mother I gave her all the blue and. Its empty. She was living in the house untilshe owned it until she died, and then I would take it over. And getting an American Dollar from being in the service, getting my payeven though it wasnt that muchbut at that time, over there, it was worth a fortune. He was the husband of Patricia (Rogan) Burke to whom he was married for 68 years. I restored that, and that was an old mansionan old pillar-fronted mansionlooked like the house, similar. I should really do something to save it. And it just was luck that I had just sold a real estate deal and made a lot of money. So I still had to get up every day and go to work. That poor horse. Daller: Its life estate that he has. Daller: I mean, that big wrap-around porch that went all the way around the house. And if they were there and I could see them, and I could ship them free because the government had to ship it for me, and I had my sisters, who would store them for meI had had a great opportunity to pick up all this stuff that was beautiful, get it for nothing, and the government ship it back for me, and my sisters would keep it until I got a place to put it. And when I seen it all over there, and when I seen the British people were poor as church mice, they were selling everything. But things that, well, were thatyou needed carpenters that knew, that were good carpenters. And a lot of people kept their horses in the stables. Click the 'sign up' button to get inspiring and healing messages, right in your inbox. And I was the assistant to the general who was the surgeon for the European Command. Burke: Oh, when I was a kid, we lived in Annandale. So I said, The hell with this. George was the youngest son of David Burke and Adeline Luker, born June 26, 1944, in Bayville. They just went and just vandalized it to hell until there was nothing but a shell left. But those things, I couldnt. But anyway, I had come back to America. I was maybe nineteen, twentysomething like that. And she kept, George, please, go save my house. Daller: As a matter of fact, we had an event years ago. And I said, well, Im going to retire. Good God! Obituaries Services . Q: No, that covers it! Daller: No, that still has to be discussed. And I went around and we all hadyou were only allowed to buy two bottles of wine and a bottle of whiskey, or something. So Id go over there and, of course, Bess Seguine was always over there. And he wanted to retire and he gave his son the business. Daller: Mm-hmm! I cant remember her name. Burke: All that stuff from England? (76 years old). He brought a crowd with him and it was just to tell him thank you for everything that hes done. It was so overgrown in the front yard and everything. George proudly served his country from 1977 through 1982. This the expensive piece of property! They sold it to the developers. Burke: Sure. He appreciated it. And I know everythingId love to go out to Staten Island. So he said, Good. And underneath it was a whole kitchen and dining room that opened out to under the porch. Im gonna go look. They were all womens stuff. They were some kind of jewelry like that but I dont remember what it was. I hope it isnt that the people who have access come in and empty it because Ive had people say, Oh, when youre not here, Im taking that painting, and Im taking that painting, and I want that couch, you know. Daller: What about the coat? Daller: Well, remember how much it took to paint the whole house, and how you had to paint sections of it? Its still there. And all these houses would never here! And she was laying with her arms, like that. Burke: One was a necklace with a heart on it. Honor a loved one by planting trees in their memory. I mean, as a kid going down here crabbing, down on the beach, we used to look back at the house all the time. George used to joke that one day he would live in their grand antebellum mansion on Prince's Bay. So I took that out of the brick and I got some cement, put it all back in, put the wall back up. Q: Did you keep up a conversation with Mario Buatta about. Obituary for George Horace Burke | Sims Funeral Home Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. Daller: Yes, I found him. Or was that brother Ed? Id love that old house. I said, But Bess, I said your houseI dont know about saving it. So when I got it, of course, the old kitchen was inI had knocked it down because it was all falling apart. Obituary of George Burke George M. Burke, 62 , of Freehold Township, died Saturday, June 18, 2011 at home. He was the husband of the late Diane M. (Marshall) Burke. And I went from room to room and it took me a couple of years, didnt it? I need to get someone in to do a good cleaning on the house, someone to take care of maintaining it. I moved in the house, and I would come in the house, and right in the front hallway, you could always smell lilacs. What was her name? And a lot of it got given away, got lost. Born: On March 9, 1927, in Philadelphia, he was . Burke: About the candle? Daller: Yes. And its more expensive to keep her horses there than it was here. That house, it was a big French mansard, big Victorian. I traveled all over the world, traveled to Alaska, all over, with the military. A lot of the windows were broken out of it. This was all field, all the way up, and she used to turn the horses loose on all the fields out there. Yes, that was all Scalamandr. Copyright 1998 2023 New York Preservation Archive Project. Shit. Because look how long the war went, and England had nothing. Sign the Guest Book. Is that what you want? Mr. Burke was born in Neptune and was a lifelong resident of Freehold Township. Oh, God. Nobody wants to do that. So I bought it. No, it wasnt that. He was 70 years old. What the hell is this? All of a sudden, she went, Youre in my house, and get out! Holy Christ. And she said, George, do you know who this is? and with her big Southern accent. So I went around to all the nursesof course, I was in the medical departmentand I asked all the nurses, What are you doing with your stamps? Redblacks GM Burke keeping an open mind about first overall pick in '23 Q: When you were youngwhen you were a kid. And then when you could see the house, it was a goddamn mess. You couldnt see the grounds through the trees and it was just covered and everything. Staten Island and the South Shore is the only place where people can still move, be in a country feeling, and build what they want to build, and have a garden and have a lawn and, you know, they can be in the country and still be in the city. And he and his wife, Adriana, they retired and moved to Florida. I mean, you talked about it, when you were a kid, that it was this big house that you would see when you were out on, Daller: Its a part of the history of Staten Island. Daller: We really cant give you any details on that. Daller: And he formed the board in order to support the house. Of course, over therewhen I was over thereEngland was just getting out of the bad part of the War [World War II], and they had nothing over there. And I was so damn busy, I never got to go home. So I went up with Father Tom and I had to take care of all those Eskimos, if any of them got sick or hurt this or that. Im gonna save it, its a gorgeous house!. 524), Freehold Township, NJ 07728 Home About Our Facility Directions Testimonials Contact Us Our Staff Funeral Planning When Death Occurs Traditional Services So a lot of the things that you acquired to furnish the house were in poor condition, and then you have them reupholstered and restored. Then I startedI said, You know, theres a lot of things on this end of the island nobody wants, its the forgotten-end of the island. But he was excellent. September 19, 2015. Well, he didnt want the bull with the little girl. Beloved husband of Dorothy Burke. Burke: Oh, I loved her. What was. Q: I mean, I live in a small apartment, so what is it like to live in a kind of museum quality home? That woman, she lived in riding clothes! The importance of saying "I love you" during COVID-19, Effective ways of dealing with the grieving process, Solutions to show your sympathy safely during the Covid-19 pandemic. They bought a house. It was unbelievably gorgeous. A brooch that I gave Bess? Its a plus for the borough too. And you cant control it from the grave. I went to grammar school and high school here. I got one or two things out of it. And the kitchen was outside. Obituary. Burke said Friday from the CFL's regional combine in Kitchener, Ont., that he's keeping an open mind heading into the May 2 draft. But this is too much for you, George. Obituaries; Burial Society. I fixed it up. That works! Thankfully, no ones come here and said, Oh, you might have had slaves. I mean, Im sure if somebody came and decided to look back, theyd say, Oh, no, theres a reason for a house like that. People have ideals that are very strange. And my neighbor across the street, who had lived there forever, she comes over again with a couple of little plants for me. But that was biga big, two-bedroom condo. Its going to hell. Burke: Theyll come in, but youll have to have somebody as a guide. Burke: So that should pretty well cover it, I think. He was the top interior designer in New York. And when they werent in the house, they would go and buy them at the stores, and there was always lilacs in the house. So they went into repairing things. I think hes given you a great history of what started and, basically, youve talked about his life from the beginning, so, I dont know. Because I certainlyI never passed up a bargain. Adriana would come out and shed say, Well, Ill tell you what, George. But how many people really have a sense of history anymore? And then I shipped it all back home. A rosary service will occur Wednesday, October 27, 2021 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM . If you were at the water looking up here, you couldnt see the house. So, unfortunately, there arent many people that care that way anymore. Where all the servants lived. Thats ittheres no more of them. Obituary: George W. Burke The Hull Times He was incurring all the expenses. Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. Burke: Yes. Q: And you knew the style from having studied the history of design and architecture. George Burke is the restorer of the historic Seguine Mansion on the South Shore of Staten Island, where he has lived and taken care of the property for over four decades. Burke: To put it backbecause the house was ruined, it was in terrible shape. Half the railings were gone off the porch, and the column was falling over, and, oh, Jesus. Because people will come in, and therell be four or five people and somebody will walk by and just pick this up, and pick that up. The Old Bermuda Inn. George T Burke Obituary - Tribute Archive So coming back to it was a change. I would have saved it. You could ask for their house and youd get it. And then the Historic House Trust will use it as well to understand whats important to you about maintaining the house. In fact, I think it was just landmarked wasnt it? And people were selling anything out of their house to support themselves and live. And I had the two apartments! About Funerals; About Cremation; Pre-Planning; Grief & Healing; Contact Us (473) 440-2302 . And in the summer, he sits outside, enjoys the outdoors, enjoys the lawn, the grounds. Bulldozed that down. What is a shame is some of the mansionsthe really, really ornate mansions that were torn down. Learn about funeral styles + unique options to have a personalized service or celebration. (George), Charles Trentman "Trent" Burleson; grandchildren, Amy Elizabeth Walker (Bradley), Amanda Marie . And it was called SS White [Dental Manufacturing Company]. George was a graduate of Hanover High School, Class of 1976 and entered the US Navy. George F. Burke | Obituaries | fhtimes.com - Fountain Hills Times I dont know if it ever took off. And it did all the dental workany kind of dental work and everything was manufactured there. Everybody smelled like that. Mary "Louise" Burke Obituary | Lancaster, PA | Charles F. Snyder Theres one here, theres one there, and theres one in the other room. She was a very good friend of mine, a really pretty lady. Because, now, they cant tear it down. He come over he looked at it. I, being the youngest, of course, seeing everybody growing up. Special thanks to The Peggy N and Roger G Gerry Charitable Trust for their support to complete this initiative. Kitchens were always built in a house outside by themself, and a breezeway going to the house, because the kitchens would always burn down. I thought for sure that would never go. Yes, of course, they could eat all the grass. Remember him? And she said, George, you have so much with design and such, I want you to take over the wallpaper department and the fabric department. I did fantastic for the store. Last Name "Burke" Rochester, NY Bartolomeo & Perotto Funeral Home, Inc. - Rochester Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Add Photos 1 Memory George Washington Burke George Washington Burke, 86,. Well, by this time, I had a lot of money. I probably gave it to Bess. Daller: Stating that it is part of it part of Historic House. To send flowers Q: Your collection of the items that you bought from Mrs. Murphy. And I took interior design and the history of architecture, and something else. Burke: Chris will stay living here. Im only a salesman in a department store. I said, and its going to take a lot of money to put that house back together. She said, Well, Im going to help you all I can. And I said, But why would I fix a house I didnt own? And she said, Well, why dont we talk about that. She said, If youre interested in buying it, I will make the arrangements that you can own it. And I miss all those horses. No, its not something were talking about right now. George's Obituary George Burke, or Uncle George to many, went on to be reunited with his wives, Brenda, Mary, and Margie; son, Scotty; and countless other loved ones, including 11 of his 12 siblings on Saturday, March 5, 2022, peacefully while surrounded by his family. Brother Bill? And Im looking at looking at it and I said, You know, thats the last house. Burke: So I dont know if that was a ghost.