Barbara I. (Saboski) Burke

Barbara Burke July 30, 1943 - December 4, 2022, Barbara (Saboski) Burke, 79, of Charlestown entered eternal life on Sunday, December 4, 2022, at The Villages of Silver Crest in New Albany, Indiana.

Barbara graduated from Providence High School in 1961. She was a retired executive assistant, realtor, a gifted and talented seamstress, a leader for both Boy’s and Girl Scouts, 4H, and a special education tutor. She was an avid lover of animals and was known to rescue and feed any in need. In the 1970’s she was instrumental in beginning the preschool religious education program at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in New Albany where she was also a parishioner. After a move to Charlestown, she and her husband became parishioners of St. Michael’s Catholic Church.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, Anthony and Bernice Saboski; her husband, Norbert Burke, to whom she was married for 28 years, her sister Eileen Voignier and son-in-law, Dan Endris. Her surviving relatives include her son, Alan Rice (Rosalie); daughter, Debbie Rice Endris (Dan); grandchildren, Jaelyn Endris, and Chelsea Endris (Vadim); sisters, Theresa Koffler and Joyce Turner.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday, December 23, 2022, at St. John Paul II Catholic Church, 2253 West St. Joe Road, Sellersburg, IN with burial in New Prospect Cemetery in Hanover, IN. Visitation will begin at 9:00 A.M. Friday at the church until the time of service. Expressions of Sympathy in memory of Barbara may take the form of donations to ASPCA animal rescue: https://www.aspca.org/ or the National Psoriasis Foundation: https://www.psoriasis.org/