In Memory Of
Joan M. Burkes
1954
2016
Joan M. Burkes
April 17, 1954 — November 2, 2016
Joan Michelle Sheppard Burkes, 62, of Cheyenne, passed on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 in Cheyenne after a long courageous battle with renal disease. Than you to the brave families for the donation of two kidneys.
Joan was born to Bertha Sheppard Carl of Piermont, New York on April 17, 1954. She was raised in Piermont and Spring Valley, New York until she moved to Cheyenne in 1986 following her cousins, Denise and Robert Anderson.
Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Bertha Carl; and a brother, James E. Sheppard.
She is survived by her husband, Wilbert Burkes III, whom she married 21 years ago; seven sisters, Geraldine Sheppard Williams, Joyce Sheppard, Claire Stauff (John), Bertha McQueen (Edward), and Joanne Carl-Wallace, all of Rockland County, New York, Helen Sheppard of Virginia, and Meta Evans (Darryl) of South Carolina; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and godchildren, which includes Tamia Issac.
Visitation will be Friday and Saturday at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.
Services will be Monday, 2:00 p.m., at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.
Friends who wish may visit her webpage at wrcfuneral.com.
Joan was born to Bertha Sheppard Carl of Piermont, New York on April 17, 1954. She was raised in Piermont and Spring Valley, New York until she moved to Cheyenne in 1986 following her cousins, Denise and Robert Anderson.
Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Bertha Carl; and a brother, James E. Sheppard.
She is survived by her husband, Wilbert Burkes III, whom she married 21 years ago; seven sisters, Geraldine Sheppard Williams, Joyce Sheppard, Claire Stauff (John), Bertha McQueen (Edward), and Joanne Carl-Wallace, all of Rockland County, New York, Helen Sheppard of Virginia, and Meta Evans (Darryl) of South Carolina; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and godchildren, which includes Tamia Issac.
Visitation will be Friday and Saturday at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.
Services will be Monday, 2:00 p.m., at Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel.
Friends who wish may visit her webpage at wrcfuneral.com.
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