Stephen F. Burick

HAMILTON - Stephen F. Burick, 86, of Hamilton Township, passed away peacefully on Saturday in the loving presence of his family at the Compassionate Care Hospice.
Born in Trenton Mr. Burick was a lifelong Trenton and Yardville resident.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific and European theaters of operations from 1943 to 1946.
He retired in 1989 after 24 years service as a machinist; he started his work with R.C.A., which then changed to Western Electric, and A.T. & T., and finally Lucent Technologies of Hopewell employed as a model maker.
Stephen was a 54 year and life member of the St. Stanislaus Holy Name Society, he served as church usher at the Sunday 11 a.m. Mass for 45 years. He was a life member of the Fin, Fur & Feather Club of Cream Ridge. He was a former member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Hamilton Post 3525, and current member of the Yardville Post 491. Stephen bowled and golfed with the Holy Name teams and with Bishop Reese. He enjoyed all sports, baseball, football, his golf and bowling, but especially his fishing and trips with his wife, Ann, to Atlantic City.
He was predeceased by his parents, Michael and Anna Klodzen Burick, his son, Paul Joseph Burick, his brothers, Michael, Joseph and Paul Burick, and his sisters, Mary Helmlinger, Anna McGeachy, Margaret Breece and Helen Sylvester.
He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 54 years, Ann Evans Burick of Yardville; his two sons, Stephen E. Burick of Blackwood and John M. Burick of Yardville; his daughter and son-in-law, Maryann and Ted Orndorff of New Egypt; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, two sisters-in-law, Julia Burick of Yardville and Mary Ann Migut of Levittown, Pa.; his brother-in-law and his spouse, John Jr. and Margaret Evans of Trenton; as well as many loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, and cousins.
The family offers special thanks and God's blessings to the nurses who are "God's Angels of Mercy," at the Compassionate Care Hospice, 6th floor, of St. Francis Medical Center.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday from the Winowicz Funeral Home, Adeline and Beatty streets. Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Divine Mercy Parish, Saint Stanislaus Church, corner Smith and Randall avenues, with Monsignor Edward J. Arnister presiding. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Hamilton Township. Calling hours will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with VFW services at 9:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to either the Compassionate Care Hospice, St. Francis Medical Center, 6th Floor, 601 Hamilton Ave., Trenton, NJ 08629, or to the Divine Mercy Parish, 201 Adeline St., Trenton, NJ 08611.