Smokejumper Obituary: Burke, Wilbur (Missoula 1949)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Mick Burke, 73, died Nov. 26, 2000, at the Mercy Medical Center in Redding, California. Born in Oregon City, Oregon, September 18, 1927, he was a Forest Service smokejumper out of Missoula from 1949 through 1954. Mick moved to Shasta County, California, in 1955 from Kalispell, Montana. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and worked as a surveyor for the California Department of Transportation.

Identifier

Burke_Wilbur_Missoula_1949

Publication Date

January 2002

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Burke, Wilbur (Missoula 1949)" (2002). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1165.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1165