With a little more improvement, and he would do a little improving on what I wanted, you know, then it was perfect when Mario did it. Would you like to offer George J. Burkes loved ones a condolence message? And Id go downtown and Id wheel and deal for a bottle of whiskey. And I looked back, you could hardly see the house. Q: How did you establish a relationship with the Parks Department and the Historic House Trust? The front porch was up high. So as long as you have people, youre going to have change, and people are going to say, That doesnt work! But they are the ones thatup in arms, saying, Aww, that poor horse. He used to ride horses with Bess and her sister Belle, who attended Tottenville High School with him in the 1940s. And this is Sarah Dziedzic. She had a caretaker or she had a woman that took care of her, or something. Its still there in Port Richmond. And that was only one of them. How the hell they got to the right people, I dont know. 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. Q: Well, Im pretty much at the end of my questions. So I bought it. So dont worry about it. Ghost in the houseif shes gonna live there, she could do some cleaning up, do some dusting. Dear brother of Alice McGrath, the late Thomas Burke, the late James Burke, and the late Dorothy Milligan. And I think we can end there. Daller: No. He said he believes that whoever was in that other house, really didnt want people there. Chance of rain 100%. But big stuff like couches and chairs and that kind of thing. And in order to have food and such, youd have to bring it up the back stairs. So thank you. All the way to the Great Kills Harbor. The son and his wife took over Scalamandr. . They couldnt. 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. And then the people that moved out left a bunch of old furniture, and these were the two that they left. I had all the walls done. Take a walk. I said, No, no, Im gonna save this house. He said, Oh! 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. It was unbelievably gorgeous. And I worked there for quite a while, and I lived in the Bronx. She was a very good friend of mine, a really pretty lady. He enjoyed hockey, football, and the beach, but most important to him was family and friends. Q: Was that here in the house? Burke: All that stuff from England? 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. He brought a crowd with him and it was just to tell him thank you for everything that hes done. EXCLUSIVE: Busy Philipps ( Girls5eva )has joined Paramount's Mean Girls musical movie, based on the Tony-nominated Broadway . Burke: So I dont know if that was a ghost. But I mean, that wasthe holes, the plaster gone. Put through the years, people recognized it and everything. Would you just sell me two acres there? Daller: No, that still has to be discussed. Share Obituary. And it didnt take long to sell because it was a big piece of property, nice house. And youd walk out, and the porch was all brick, and at the end of the porch was a big arch that had little windows in it and a French door where you could walk out to the garden. My sisterher mother [indicates Daller], Francesmy sister living in the Bronx, she got me a little apartment and she got me a job working for Saks Fifth Avenue. And all this beautiful stuff, I used to put in a big box. I found him through somebody. I cant go and say, You know, fifty years ago that was mine, and I never gave it to you. George was born on January 7, 1936 in Union City, New Jersey, and grew up in Jersey City. I think so. What the hell is that coming from? So I come down the stairs, and as I got down the stairs, the spelling got stronger and stronger. And the only problem with that was the kitchen was downstairs. Daller: It just went right out of my head! My mother and his wife never got along too well. All that gorgeous porcelain, like the Flower Sellers Childrenits a big piece like that. And they would give me all kinds of beautiful little carved objects and things that would be carved out of the whales teeth or. I mean, these little gold chairs, are Victorianthats a Victorian chaireverything is really Victorian. Ill give you a job. Thats what I was. And that still is, today, one of the great places around here, the Old Bermuda Inn, and John still owns it. So what I did, I decided, well, Id go inand we had where you could buy all your liquor and such in the post exchange. One of the doors was shot, so I took this door off, and when I did, the brick wall, on the side, started falling out. And now theyre buildingI havent seen it, but Linda says its a huge house theyre building. She was great, I loved her. Q: Andif this is something that you cant discuss, let me knowbut, for example, if you decide to repaint, like you did in this room, is that something that the board fundraises for? Q: The stuff that you got in England, from Mrs. Murphy. So a couple of days later, I have a dream. Q: The Friends of the Seguine Mansionthe friends group. Id bring her bottles of whiskey and shed say, Listen, George, Im going to an estate for saleeverything in it is going! Celebration of Life services for George will be held on Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. with Chaplain Michael McMullar officiating. Then there was the main hall that went through, just like this: door, front door, back door. And theyd come out and Id get involved with them. But unfortunately, all the stuff up there was cured by urine. And the house across the street from it, the Old [Sir Walter] Tyrrell House. And that guy, look at the size of that house he just built. The Old Bermuda Inn. She was the girl who hired me, and she ran the big Sherwin Williams store. But they donated it to the Sisters of Charity, figuring that the nuns could live in that gorgeous mansion. What was. And he dealed in antique rugs, and regular rugs and everything. And thats what I called out for was help. Q: Did you keep up a conversation with Mario Buatta about. But how many people really have a sense of history anymore? Burke, who knew of the home and property from the time when he was a child, was committed to the challenge. But the only thing was it was too small. Let the family know who you are using our sign-in form They tore down those two nice little cottages that were there. They were all womens stuff. Daller: Oh, theOh God now, whats it called? There were some gorgeous mansions. Q: So tell me about what its been like for you to live here. That wasyou probably dont rememberthere was this great big factory right down here, built on the beach. And a lot of it got given away, got lost. I bet. I took forty-four big trees down in the front field just so you could clear the front and see the house. Daller: Stating that it is part of it part of Historic House. And he died young. Thats annoying certain people. What was it, in the city? Burke: One was a necklace with a heart on it. And Ill see to it that, financially, things work out for the two of us. This whole corneryou could stand and see the street out there, so this whole corner was rebuilt. Burke: So that should pretty well cover it, I think. So I still had to get up every day and go to work. Its a real pretty smell. She said, Yes, its lilacs. She said Mrs. Whatever-her-name-was always had to have lilacs. And I said, well, Im going to retire. He cant do this anymore. 02025. The cause was a sudden heart attack that occurred while he was sleeping. Oh, that was the ghost in Tottenville. And she kept, George, please, go save my house. So it took a fortune, but I had it, all that money, to restore the house. He is survived by : his wife Sue Burke; his children, Stacy Burke, Kelly Burke (Jim Stuhler) and Scott Burke (Amanda); his sister Patricia Burgmaier; his grandchildren, Amanda Maldonado (Hector), Shawn Burke and Ryan Burke; and his great grandchild Kal (Maldonado). So whenever the big surgeons traveled, I always traveled with themtraveled all over Europe. And then, it was declared unsafe, and they come in and knocked it down. But the one that I remember was a great big brooch. Daller: Well, no, Mrs. Seguine allowed him to buy, Burke: No, I already had this house from the first deal. Daller: A lot of the paintings came from Europe, though. Too bad that there wasnt somebody with a brain. Daller: Yes, well, thats what we just said, yes. Sheriff's deputies joined police officers on the streets of downtown Winston-Salem Thursday night, and were a welcome sight to bar owners frazzled by two fatal shootings in as many months. Obituary of George Burke George M. Burke, 62 , of Freehold Township, died Saturday, June 18, 2011 at home. I had a dream thatin my dream, I woke up and I was laying in bed upstairs, and I could smell lilacs. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Burke: Chris will stay living here. But she used to wear three, four dresses and she smelled like an old goat! To send flowers Isnt that a huge house theyre building, you told me? I said to him, Are you kidding? Absolutely gorgeous. (76 years old). So thats where I got most of the stuff thats here in the house today. If you want to come in a business with me, John, lets make into a beautiful restaurant. So he said, Okay, Ive never owned a restaurant, but Id be willing to try it, George. So I said, Well, John, youre gonna have to put a lot of money in it because you have all the money, as being who you are. Daller: Its life estate that he has. And he wanted to retire and he gave his son the business. Youd have to see the house to see what Im talking about. So I made sure it was filled in with dirt the rest of the way, so I wouldnt have that water getting in the basement. But it only reached a certain point of it, not in the very beginning. Always curious and seeking information, George started a second career with Siemens, where he worked for ten years as a Service Specialist of Building Technologies. So they. . She said, George, when she died, she was laid out in the coffin, right in that room, in front of those two windows. And after he died the family still lived like we had my fathers money involved. I mean, I couldnt do stuff like that all the other stuff I could do. Burke: Of course, Id been in Alaska for all that time. Daller: That was the house that had ghosts. Hes the man that built the house. She had to move them to New Jersey. I have questions about closets too! Brother Bill? From last time I saw it, it looked like it needed a bulldozer! She said, No, no, no. She said, you can save it. You could see with all the houses over here, its gotten very built up. Burke: Well, I dont know if people will ever realize in years and years to come that I saved so much, but they did give me a plaque for restoration. That came in part from the attorney. Hear your loved one's obituary. I didnt know they were lilacs, but I could smell something pretty. George: Oh, I knew the Seguines for years. Of course, she loved the smell of lilacs. And I took interior design and the history of architecture, and something else. Obituary George W. Burke, age 63, of Hull, entered into eternal rest on October 2, 2021. Daller: So not that much time was spent on Staten Island. Because she would always want her bottle of booze. Always, in that vase in the hall. Copyright 1998 2023 New York Preservation Archive Project. But what was really, really bad was people, if they were going to build a garage, or they were going to build something, theyd go to that big, beautiful mansion and rip the siding off of it and take it back to build what they want to build. And, minute he bought the house, did a little work in it, put it right up for sale. Burke: Oh, I forgot about that. It turned my stomach just to watch all of that gorgeous stuff just destroyed. And its still there, its all there. Burke: Oh, it was all overgrown with undergrowth. He said, What in the hell youre buying this old piece of shit for? He said, Is it insured? I said, Yes, I took big insurance on it. He said, Good. Most of the furniture thats hereI never furnished the house until I owned it. You couldnt tell what it was. And when youd come down, there wasthe stairwell come down, and it was a double parlor, like this, and where this door was, was with two double doors. And a couple of my friends came as bartenders for me. Burke: Well, I was always an antique collector. And I took the money. Burke: I knew that. Its no different from home. In a house that you dont even own? And Bill moved in, and he stayed there for quite a while. Burke: Oh. Obituary for George Horace Burke | Mr. George Horace Burke, age 91, of Broxton, Georgia, passed away on Friday, May 31, 2019 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Georgia due to an extended illness. So when I get out of the service, I got a job. They were all along the waterfront here. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of George Burke to show support. In fact, he was just a few years older than I, and wasnt it last year we were trying to locate him? And he did these two chairs. No, it wasnt that. (99 years old). I wanted to know some more details about the life tenancy. And there was French doors that went out from the basement under the porch. Because there was a big double parlor like this on one side of it. And then I said, well, now Im going to buy a home. Im getting rid of everything. He said, I have three of the most beautiful Persian carpets from Persia, said, You cant get them anymore. He said, Theyre antiques but they are brand new, never used. He said, Im giving them to you. And this is them. Obituary George J. Burke Sr., 85, of Union Beach, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 14, 2020 at Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel, New Jersey. And that painting of me, thats upstairs in my bedroomdid you ever see it? Im always doing something. They moved in there, and they lived there. And I said to the real estate lady, I said, Well, how do you know theres a ghost in there? She said, Because the old lady that originally lived in the house. She came and did a lot for the draperies and everything here. And, of course, being in the military and traveling with them, the government shipped all my stuff that I bought and picked upshipped it all back to America for me. But that was a big improvement, putting in the kitchen, because there never was a kitchen in the houseand where the kitchen is now, that was the laundry room. I was in the mansion when the sisters lived there. If they brought flowers, it had to be lilacs. So I said, Oh. So that was thatI got that little story. We would like to offer our sincere support to anyone coping with grief. So it was fascinating. Click the 'sign up' button to get inspiring and healing messages, right in your inbox. George Harry Burke, age 76, departed this life and entered his eternal Heavenly home on September 17, 2021. Well, he lived on Staten Island. So I gave it to them. Dont remember what happened to it, right? You said you started with the basement. Q: Can you tell me about moving the collections here, out of storage and out of your sisters houses into this house? Family and friends are coming together online to create a special keepsake. But, thats what I did. Daller: We really cant give you any details on that. They gave me the fabric and they did it and such. And people were selling anything out of their house to support themselves and live. We just mentioned him. Read more about the life story of George and share your memory. Were going to this estate. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, a 1946 graduate of East Syracuse High School and Central City Business Institute (CCBI). A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 11 am in St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 208 Samoset Ave, Hull, MA. Theyre going out for the garbage. I said, No, no, no, Im trying to take them. So I took them and I had them all redone and reupholstered, and here they are. And all those Eskimos just loved me. Interment will follow at Holly Hills Memorial Park. Q: I mean, I live in a small apartment, so what is it like to live in a kind of museum quality home? I know the Port Richmond store you just bought. So this house tells a particular story, a long history, but it cant tell the history of the other houses because they were so different. It was a mess of a mess. 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. The fact that the Seguine familythis was the farmhouse, their mansion was in Rossvilleand thats long gone. Well, Bess, and my brothers wife, Evelyn, never got along. George T. Burke, 87, passed away Saturday at the Syracuse Home, where he had resided for the past 10 years. 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. George W. Burke, 63. I had no idea that that was it, when I bought the house or anything. But I had all this beautiful carved stuff. Q: So its confidential becauseoh, okay. Burke: Well, the house, actually, from the outside, is aoh, shitthe name of it went right out of my head. 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,. And think about it. And people were coming from all over the island. 1411 Vintage Lane, Rochester,New York, 14626, Proudly Serving the Communities of Rochester, Greece, Gates, Hilton, Spencerport, Parma, Ogden, Churchville NY, Copyright Bartolomeo & Perotto Funeral Home Modern Funeral Home Websites, First Steps | Obits & Eulogies | Etiquette, Frequently Asked Questions About Burial and Cremation, Copyright Bartolomeo & Perotto Funeral Home . Obituary. Because we went to about every Air Force base in Europe there was, and I got around to see everything. The whole family kind ofand the ladies got too old, and they decided they were going to move and go live inI think Georgia or Virginia, I forgot. Burke: Yes. Burke: Oh, well, the Eskimos up there would give me beautiful mukluks and all kinds of things. He resided in Cumberland for the past 48 years. Messages run for up to one year and you Theyd go in and theyd take the windows out and theyd use the windows, and they destroyed it. He moved into the house shortly after the sale, and worked from the basement to the roof, and outwards throughout the grounds and stables, to complete the restoration. And I could turn the horses loose and theyd keep all the fields cut and mowed, you know? And then of course, being in New York and being in the thing like that, I got to be very, very good friends, with Scalamandr. Q: Yes. Theyre getting rid of everything! Burke: And Im leaving everything thats in the houseits staying. Youre coming with me. So Id say Okay, Murphy, lets go! She was something, I mean. And he asked me would I be interested in working for him out here on Staten Island. If you stood outside and looked at it, the staircase went that way. So I go downstairs. Do you remember that? That was something that you had restoredis that right? Burke: What its been like for you to live here. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. Its down in Tottenville, beautifully done. And that was nothing but a little house that caught firewas just a little, little house. You cant ride on the street. So I run downstairs. Funeral service is at Acton Baptist Church, September 22, 2021, at 2:00pm. I just repainted. Mr. Burke was born in Neptune and was a lifelong resident of Freehold Township. And, she said, If so, we will give you gifts. And then that was the end. Burke: Well, look at the mansion! So when I got it, of course, the old kitchen was inI had knocked it down because it was all falling apart. When I was over there looking at their house. So my sister Bess said, Well, come on, lets go to Florida. But the upper story of the house was two more floors. Burke: Yes. Im offered fortunes for the front field, for the side field, for the backfield. 17 Southwest Avenue Tallmadge, OH GEORGE BURKE OBITUARY George Burke's passing at the age of 76 on Sunday, February 20, 2022 has been publicly announced by Donovan Funeral Home - Tallmadge in. Come here, Marge. I said, What? They said, Sell this goddamn place. Theres a ghost in there. And I said, Well, I dont believe in ghosts. So I come home dead tired. Daller: Well, he said, he felt that house had spirits in it. Burke: But anyway, when my time was up in the service, they shipped me back here to, Burke: Alaska, and I stayed in Alaska. I mean, its just normal living in a normal house. And all the time when all the lilacs would come in the spring, and the whole place would smell of lilacs, its gorgeous, still is. Q: Was it a similar style? As a young adult, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the medical department, spending time in locations across Europe and Alaska. Funeral service is at Acton Baptist Church, September 22, 2021, at 2:00pm. When he came he got everything going. And that went for years. Burke: Right across the creek. I need to get someone in to do a good cleaning on the house, someone to take care of maintaining it. Formal gardens, stablesstables that you could live in. Burke: Yes, Mario come out all the time. Yes. So all the big mansions were built with outside kitchens. Still kept it. George E Burke in 1930 United States Federal Census George E Burke was born circa 1922, at birth place, New York, to George E Burke and Hazel L Burke. I want it now. I could never get it. But the story that was cuteremember the lady in England, the antique dealer, that used to bring her bottles all the time? Soon, nobody had room in their house to store anymore of my stuff.