ASU Legacies: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Pattie Burke
Pattie Cotter Slattery Burke, beloved wife of John P. Burke, died peacefully in Austin, Texas on December 8, 2013. She was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on April 18, 1930. Pattie and John married in 1978 and lived in Scottsdale, Arizona until they retired to Austin in 2008. Pattie was the "Darling of LSU" in 1948 and 1949 and crowned Miss America Coed at Virginia Beach in 1948. She was also a Chesterfield Girl and the US Navy "Miss Bearcat." From 1955 to 1978 she lived in...