Elizabeth "Betty" Bourke

(Courier News)

ELIZABETH "BETTY" BOURKE
AGE: 91 FAR HILLS
Elizabeth "Betty" Bourke, 91, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown. She was born in New York City on Oct. 12, 1916, a daughter of the late Henry and Bridget Bambrick Lynch. She had resided in Somerville before moving to Far Hills 58 years ago.
She was a graduate of Bernards High School in Bernardsville. Mrs. Bourke was a sales clerk and bookkeeper employed by F.W. Woolworth Department Store in Bernardsville for 20 years. She later was employed as a bookkeeper for Beval Saddlery in Bernardsville for 10 years, retiring in 1980.
She was a longtime communicant of St. Elizabeth's Church in Far Hills and a member of the church's Altar Rosary Society.
She was predeceased by her husband, John Bourke, who died Jan. 21, 1983; and a brother, William Lynch, who died in 1996.
Mrs. Bourke is survived by three sons, Michael Bourke of Landing, John Bourke Jr. of Santa Fe, N.M., and Kenneth R. Bourke of Far Hills; three daughters, Lisa B. Smith of Lebanon, Mary Ellen Jahrling of Far Hills, and Susan B. Small of Bedminster; four sisters, Katherine Kiely of Basking Ridge, Dorothy D'Epagnier of Far Hills, Cornelia Patrias of Vining, Minn., and Patricia Kenney of Cedar Knolls; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and her companion caregiver, Joyce Williams.
The funeral will begin 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at Layton Funeral Home, 475 Main St., Bedminster, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Elizabeth's Church, Far Hills. Interment will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery, Basking Ridge. Relatives and friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today, Oct. 8, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice.