Charles G Schmitt Funeral Home

I was born in Sugar Land, Texas on May 9, 2005 to my Mommy and Daddy, Russell and Len “Sissy” Schmitt and I was taken to be with the angels on Monday, March 13, 2017.I loved playing softball, swimming, doing gymnastics, fishing, and playing with my friends and my big sister. My mommy and daddy would tell you I was free-spirited, spunky, and silly, but also sweet. I loved adventure and I got a lot of it. I never met a stranger and people always told me that my bright blue eyes, sweet laughter, and infectious smile lit up the world. Speaking of my eyes, you know the ones that twinkle, shimmer and shine, I was able to give someone the gift of sight – how cool is that? Subscription Required An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need an online service to view this article in its entirety. Choose an online service. Current print subscribers Need an account? Create one now. DiscussPrint Posted in Obituaries on Thursday, March 16, 2017 8:42 am. (Fort Bend Herald)

He was a true Irishman. He listened to Irish music every Sunday, he belonged to the Irish American Society in Mineola,” said his daughter Mary Burke. “Everything Irish, he loved.”Most PopularBurke, of Islip, died of a heart attack Monday at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. He was 89.Born in Union City, New Jersey, in 1926, Burke and his family returned to the family’s farm near the village of Rosegreen in Ireland when he was 18 months old.He stayed in the area through his early 20s, teaching in a Catholic school in Belfast, Northern Ireland, before returning to America in 1949. He was drafted and served in the Army in Hawaii during the waning days of the Korean War. Burke met Catherine Crumlish at a dance hall in Brooklyn and the two married in 1954 — a local notice pointed out that Crumlish’s parents came from counties Donegal and Mayo.Burke joined the New York Police Department in 1958 and worked in the 24th and 107th precincts during his nearly three decades with the police.“He’d had his picture on the front page of the Daily News many, many years ago capturing a fugitive,” said Mary Burke, a longtime Newsday editorial assistant in the photography department.The Burke family moved from Brooklyn to Seaford in the 1960s. After retiring in 1986, Burke spent his days gardening at his home in Seaford and later in Islip, playing with his eight grandchildren and traveling back to Ireland frequently. “He was very connected to his grandchildren, what sports they played,” Mary Burke said. “He was all about the family. We were a very close bunch.”Catherine Burke died in 2010. In addition to his daughter, Burke is survived by daughter Patricia Rogers of Islip; son Kevin Burke of Massapequa; son Michael Burke of Lynbrook, and daughter Christine Masi of Freeport; and his brother, Patrick Burke, of Southport, North Carolina.A wake is Wednesday at the Charles G. Schmitt Funeral Home in Seaford from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. William the Abbot Church in Sea... (Newsday)