Bonnie June Burk

The eldest of four children born to Stephen and Blanche Vician, Bonnie was born and raised in Mason City, IA, and attended Waldorf College. She worked in Seattle, WA, and then moved to San Diego, CA, where she met Gerhardt (Jerry) Burk. They married in 1954 and raised their family in San Luis Obispo, Sacramento, and Placerville, CA. In addition to being a homemaker and busy mother of four, Bonnie was a dedicated church volunteer, working as a Sunday School song leader, choir member, and Lutheran women’s group participant and coordinator. After her children were grown, she worked as a Montessori preschool teaching assistant and continued her active involvement at First Lutheran Church in Placerville.

Bonnie and Jerry traveled extensively throughout the country in their motorhome and took great pleasure in visiting and supporting their five grandchildren until his death in 2019. She was also preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Bob and Bill Vician. She is survived by children David (Sandy), Mount Holly, NC; Stephen (Sally), Lawrence, KS; Andrew, Roseville, CA; and Suzanne (Bill) Trickel, Roseville, CA; grandchildren Joshua, Katie, Maggie, Cole, and Jacob; and a brother Tom (Liz) Vician of Palo Alto, CA.

A memorial service for Bonnie will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 18, 2024, at First Lutheran Church in Placerville, CA. She will be interred alongside her late husband at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, CA, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the music program at First Lutheran Church, 1200 Pinecrest Ct, Placerville, CA 95667, in honor of her many years of service there.