While a student nurse at St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, Mary Katherine Burke, born June 24, 1927, participated in the World War II Cadet Nursing Corps. Her home address was in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.

At the time of the 1930 & 1940 Federal Censuses, the Burke family lived in Steubenville. In 1940, Mary K., 12, born in New York, lived with her parents, Thomas E., born in Pennsylvania, and Mary E. Burke, born in Maryland. She had a younger sister, Joan V., born in Ohio. The father was an electrical draftsman in the steel mill.

OBITUARY: Mary K. Hanson, 88, of Wrightsville and longtime resident of Steubenville, OH, died Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Hospice and Community Care, Mt. Joy. She was the wife of the late Richard L. Hanson. - Mary was born June 24, 1927 in Buffalo, NY, a daughter of the late Thomas E. and Mary E. (Shavinsky) Burke. She grew up in Steubenville, Ohio and graduated nursing school at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh. Mary then followed the family to Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked at City Hospital and met her husband. - She stopped working with the arrival of their first son, Richard, followed by another son, Jerry three years later. - After an eventful life living in several states, they returned to Steubenville to retire. - She was an avid reader. Her passion was her children and grandchildren, her flowers and birds. - On Richard’s passing in 2009, Mary moved in with Jerry and his wife Ellie in Wrightsville, PA until her dementia required moving into an assisted care facility. - She is survived by her two sons, their wives, and 3 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Joan Patric. - A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in the Chapel of St. Joseph Catholic Church 2935 Kingston Road, York. A visitation will be 9:30 am to 10:00 am Tuesday. Burial will be 10:00 am Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Steubenville Union Cemetery, 1720 Sunset Blvd, Steubenville, OH 43952 - Arrangements by the Etzweiler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 1111 East Market Street, York, PA 17403.