Francis "Shorty" Bourke

Memorial services for Francis Lee "Shorty" Bourke, 85, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 12, 2025 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel; Rev. David Gray will officiate.

Mr. Bourke passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2024 in Oklahoma City.  He was born June 24, 1939, in Falls City, NE to Vern Francis and Anna Bel Norris Bourke.

On December 31, 1993, he married Joyce Annette Witt in Oklahoma City.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce of the home; two sons, Chris Bourke and wife, Patsy of Edmond and Darrell Goff of Ada; two daughters, Cheryl Chivers of Ada and Robyn Oby of Cave Spring, GA; sister, Patty Brake Sackman and husband, Dennis of Peoria, AZ; sister-in-law, Sherry Chandler and family of Oklahoma City; 11 grandchildren, Dylan, Emily, and Charlotte Bourke, Raylene Walkup, Brooke Frye, Hailey Clark, Kala Kercher, Austin and Hayley Bourke, Savannah Mathis, and Luke Goff; 14 great grandchildren; and other loving relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Vern and Anna Bourke; son, Patrick Bourke; and grandson, Kory Bourke.