Lt. Col. Thomas Edward Force-Ret.

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Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home

Posted events

December 16, 2025

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Visitation

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home

9902 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22032

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Service

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

St. Bernadette Catholic Church

7600 Old Keene Mill Rd., Springfield, VA 22152

Dec

Service

12:00 p.m.

Springfield Golf and Country Club

8301 Old Keene Mill Rd, Springfield, VA 22152

Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home

Posted an obituary

December 16, 2025

Thomas Force-Ret. Obituary

Ret. Lt. Col Thomas Edward "Tom" Burke, 87, passed away peacefully on December 16, in Fairfax, Virginia. Born on January 24, 1938, in Albany, New York, Tom was the son of Elizabeth "Bessie" Harder Burke and John Burke. He graduated from C... Read Thomas Force-Ret.'s Obituary