This is quite sad... we just lost Martha Jean Burke Carlson this past Saturday, December 28, 2024, shortly after her 76th birthday. I've known Martha since elementary school but lost touch over the years. May God comfort and bless her family and loved ones during this difficult time.
Martha is the daughter of Earle and Mary Roberts Burke and she has two older brothers, Jeff BHS '59 and Bill BHS '60.She married Clifford Carlson in 1968 and they have three children.
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Valley Times Photograph caption dated September 29, 1959 reads "Very important parent and very important pupil, that is, are Mayor Earle William Burke and his 10-year-old daughter, Martha, who naturally selected her dad as the first person to pin with a PTA VIP membership button. Approving procedure is Mrs. K. M. Simpson Jr., membership chairman, Burbank Council."
A FEW FACEBOOK COMMENTS...
Donald Matthews
RIP, Ma’am 🥲
Mary Kathleen Black
She was a genuinely kind person.
Sandi Tate
She was adorable and so sweet. Rest in peace.
Cecilia Olga Aguirre Sheehan
RIP fellow Bulldog. I remember you.
Darlene Culotta
I remember her from school. She was so cute and sweet. Sorry to hear of her passing.
Nadine Aguirre Lujan
Rest in peace.
Barbara Zelenay Berry
So sorry to hear this. 😔 🙏 ♥ RIP Martha
Loanne Walker Ginchereaux
🙏
Diana Ziegler Larsen
I have wondered about her over the years. I used to swim with her in her pool after school. Their house was way up in the hills. Her mother drove the new little T bird with the round window. RIP Martha.
Carol Baker
R.I.P. Martha 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Dawnmarie Forrest Penrod
So sorry for your loss. My mom & dad went to school with Martha. I remember looking at these pictures with my mom in her yearbook. ❤️
Grace Tabura Strong
So sorry. R.I.P.
Mickey DePalo
Rest In Peace. 🙏
Virginia Hamilton
My condolences to her family and friends. Rip 😇🙏
Nancy Jean Krogh Brez
🙏🙏🙏
Charlotte J. Mearns
Prayer’s for comfort for her family. She was so sweet.
Kathie Maybin
I remember her she was such a pretty girl.RIP Martha🥰
Kathy Buzan
So sorry to hear this, she was really, Rest in Peace Martha 🙏❤️
Julie Guttridge
Wow! How sad. Did she marry a guy from school ? We were friends but not real close . Always thought she was sooo beautiful !
She have any kids ?
Condolences to her family 🙏💕
Robin Newnom Ferguson McBain
So sorry to hear this😢
She was such a bright light at BHS.
Valerie Giessinger Scott
A beautiful woman. So sorry to hear about this loss RIP
Bruce Fossler
Remember her.. Pretty girl..Great personality.. R.I.P.
Martin Lillibridge
RIP Bulldog 🙏
Judy Sturm Seay
🙏
Pam Kirkwood
Aw, so sad...She was a cutie!
Donna Luce Veatch Neitman
Such a sweetheart she was! She and Joyce Miller and I ran for sophomore princesses together! RIP Martha! Condolences to family!
Linda Carlson
I remember her from Burbank High. She was always so polite and kind. Beautiful person. 🌹
Karen Madsen
Omg this is so sad to hear about Martha. I always think of her on her b'day on 12/17 as mine is on 12/28. So many fun times with her at home, in Palm Springs and Laguna Beach. She was a beautiful girl with a great personality. She had 3 kids, Tim, Becky and I think Katie. She will be missed. Prayers to her family. R I.P. sweet friend.
Jean Parrinello-Longmore
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Vicki Herrin Fields
Rest in Peace ⚘️
Gloria Carson Anderson
She was so sweet. RIP Martha
Daniel S Brumley
God Bless
Patsy Raymundi
Bless her family. So sorry for you
Mj Bass
Condolences to her family. 😢🙏🏻
Joyce Miller
Shocking and sad news, condolences to family💗
Annette Dinolfo Bennett
Such a Pretty girl I see and out. Sorry for the loss of another 1967 graduate . 🙏🏼💖🙏🏼RIP
Dennis Stacy
Such a beautiful person! Prayers for her family and friends!
