Victor-Burkhammer-Obituary

Victor S. Burkhammer

Charleston, West Virginia

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VICTOR STEPHEN BURKHAMMER, retired news editor of The Charleston Gazette, died on December, 31, 2024, at age 74. He graduated from St. Marys High School in 1968 and earned an A.B. and M.A. in English from WVU. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church Charleston, where he was a deacon. He...

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Vic will be missed. We worked together, first in Parkersburg and then in Charleston.

What a gentleman. I am sure that he and Irv are having a great laugh together.

I would like to offer my condolences to the family of Victor, my late husband Bob Gainer was his cousin. I'm so sorry for your loss, I got to meet him and his family once, and he was a good man. Please know I'm praying for you and the family for peace during your time of loss. Nancy Gainer

I'm so sorry for the loss of Vic for his family. My husband Bob Gainer was a cousin of his, who died last year in July. I'm glad I got to meet him once, he was a really nice man, and he and Bob kept in touch by phone over the years, and he called me after Bob died. My condolences to the family for your loss. Nancy Gainer

Vic was the definition of kind! He lived a life of humility in his recovery, was soft spoken, steady and always approachable. I will miss him as a friend and ardent, long suffering WVU fan. We shared experiences in Morgantown and closed down the Fox Bar on many occasions. When we reconnected in Charleston, we both secretly wondered (about each other), "how did he survive those days?". By then Vic was already sober and I was still living in a delusion. His example always brought me...