Religious of the Sacred Heart, Carol Burk died May 19, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sister Carol Burk, was born on December 25, 1942 to Thompson Byrd Burk and Marjorie Lemarié Burk. A religious for fifty-five years, she entered the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1961 and pronounced First Vows in 1964. Sister Burk made her Final Profession in Rome, Italy in 1969. An alumnae of Maryville University and Loyola University, where she earned degrees in English, Sister Burk taught in Sacred Heart Schools in California, Missouri and Louisiana. She lived and worked in Sweden for eighteen years in the former German-Swedish Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart. Sister Burk is survived by her four sisters, Susan Burk Pipes, Houma Louisiana, Nancy Burk Bologna, New Orleans, Louisiana, Helen Ann Burk, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Catherine Burk Kreger, Mobile, Alabama, and her brother, Paul Thompson Burk, numerous nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Her twin sister, Margaret Noel Burk, died shortly after birth. The Memorial Mass for Sister Burk is scheduled on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 11:00 am at the Academy of the Sacred Heart Chapel, 4521 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana. Visitation with the family and RSCJ before Mass will be from 10:30-11:00 am. Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63108. To read the full obituary, visit https://www.rscj.org/about/memoriam/carol-burk-rscj
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