Marilyn Mae Burke

May 22, 1988 - March 24, 2018

Marilyn Mae Burke, age 86 of Westfield, IL formerly of Mattoon, IL, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 10:00 P.M. at Charleston Health Care Center. The funeral service honoring her life will be held at 11:30 A.M., Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, 1200 Wabash Avenue, Mattoon, IL 61938 with Reverend Kent Conover officiating. Burial will immediately follow the service at Maple Hill Cemetery in Westfield, IL. The visitation will be held prior to the service from 9:30 A.M.-11:30 A.M. at the funeral home. Marilyn was born on May 22, 1931 in Mattoon, IL the daughter of Aaron and Ruth (Muir) Hardin. She married Charles S. Burke on May 30, 1985 in Hutton, IL. Marilyn is survived by her loving husband, Charles Burke of Westfield, IL; her five children: Cheryll Garner and husband Lloyd of Marshall, IL, Michael Kroger and wife Nancy of Tacoma, WA, Rex Roberts and wife Chris of Mattoon, IL, Dawn Randolph and husband Jonathan of Trilla, IL, and Patrick Roberts of Atlanta, GA; nine grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and one brother, Robert Hardin and wife Sandra of Chicago, IL. She is preceded in death by her parents, Troy Kroger, Rex Roberts, and several siblings. Marilyn was a former employee of Young’s Department Store in Mattoon, IL. She treasured her relationship with the Lord and enjoyed attending church. Marilyn shared her gift of beautiful singing at numerous nursing homes and liked feeding the birds. Please visit www.mitchell-jerdan.com or www.facebook.com/mitchelljerdanfuneralhome to light a virtual candle in her honor or share a memory with the family.