And in the meantime, I made a couple of little investments and they turned out very well for me. He was born Jan. 21, 1946, in The Bronx, N.Y. Bob is survived by his loving wife. And on top of that, I still worked for Sherwin Williams. You dont have to worry about, sleeping on your couches and all that kind of stuff, and, you know, pulling out fake beds, and that kind of stuff. What are we gonna do here? So he said, Well, I really love doing this, George. And I said, Okay, John, thats fine. George Burke was born on Staten Island and grew up in Annandale before moving to Florida with his family. And she had this woman who was a caretaker. So I would walk around, Id look and Id see some beautiful stuff for sale, for nothing. And thats where she was. She said, You saw her in your dream. I said, Holy shit, I said, you think that was her? She said, It could have been her. I said, Then she went like that and chased me out of her house. She said, That was her. One day, he was gone. Theyd come out and Id say, Look, I can get you this. But the old lady that lived there was very, very sick. Its Greek Revival. I spent enough time breaking my back. Like there was old Greek, like the Parthenon, the Greek templesoh, it was beautiful. Burke: And its great when you have friends come, you have extra bedrooms, you can put them all up. Special thanks to The Peggy N and Roger G Gerry Charitable Trust for their support to complete this initiative. And people were coming from all over the island. The fact that the Seguine familythis was the farmhouse, their mansion was in Rossvilleand thats long gone. And then I went through floor and room after room, and took almost five years to put the house in good shape, the way you could see it. So thank you. Daller: Well, yes. And I often wondered what happened to that brooch because I gave it to Bess. In fact, he was just a few years older than I, and wasnt it last year we were trying to locate him? Daller: But it was the thing with the lilacs smell. Are you still interested? And I said, Well, of course I am. You cant ride on the street. I could. Its just a shame. And a lot of people kept their horses in the stables. Burke: What its been like for you to live here. Yes, she died and she was in the front parlor in the coffin, wasnt she? Eventually, he was able to move his collection of Victorian-style furnishings safely into the home, and add to it larger pieces of furniture to complete the restoration. And I dont like this. And shed go to her father and her father and say, You know, George, shes my daughter, and this and thatand I said, Yes, well, John, let me tell you something. All these walls used to be white. And hes the one that did my portrait upstairs. George Burke Obituary It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. See Photos. In my early twenties? Because there was a big double parlor like this on one side of it. Burke: No, who gave me that? I had the best collection of the most beautiful carved ivory and things because they didnt have money but they would give you things. Burke: Yes. And I had this goddamn old sergeant who was going back also, but he was getting out of the service, and he was being discharged. Big fluted columns with big Corinthian capitals on them. Before he died, thats what he was. Then I decided, well, Im going to get myself a nice apartment. Daller: Well, you got involved with Burkes Landing with Scalia. She left things there. Lives in Rochester, New York. George Burke. And the house across the street from it, the Old [Sir Walter] Tyrrell House. And then I shipped it all back home. Its, all the numbers are accounted for. And I took interior design and the history of architecture, and something else. And I invested in a couple of things. And I dream that I heard some noise. Burke: Well, most of the stuff in the house, he worked with me. But down here, all the beautiful homes that were down here are gone. So its saved forever. I probably gave it to Bess. Now, this is a portrait of Joseph Seguine. Thats the only way to explain it. I mean, its just normal living in a normal house. Daller: It just went right out of my head! Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. There was the main house, over here was the bar, over here was this big dining room, and this was the main house. And that was the Air Force. Q: So those things that you got later on, afterthey didnt come from Europe. Burke: Well, a good example is the one right here at the end of the street. Matthew Funeral Home Inc 2508 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY (718) 761-5544 Send flowers. My mother and his wife never got along too well. Burke: Oh god. So after a couple of years going back and forth, his daughter, she decided she wanted to get involved in it. But he was excellent. Burke: Yes. Who Where Receive obituaries Yenula Hennaka February 24, 2023 Or did you have to just guess and make decisions? And I got a big certificate for saving that. Do you drink? No, we dont drink. So I would collect all the stamps. And each little petal and everything is done beautiful. Stony Brook. But anyway, she said, No, Im not going in. He used to stay out here. Tell me when you want me to start. So Walter was re-stationed to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Because we went to about every Air Force base in Europe there was, and I got around to see everything. First thing I started with was the basement because it had four-foot of water in it. So I said, The hell with this. Q: Can you give me an example of one of the things that you worked on together in the house? Find the obituary of William Burke (1966 - 2021) from Staten Island, NY. Daller: No. Burke: Yes, he did that little sofa there. And I want somebody to take care of it. And shell be caretaker. So I bought it. And it never had a kitchen. And I went from room to room and it took me a couple of years, didnt it? Im always doing something. And the last time I went there, there was all houses built in it. I bought the house and Bess and Marge came over. And he said, Mom, Ill move in to the other part of the house. And he did these two chairs. They were some kind of jewelry like that but I dont remember what it was. Daller: Thats a story you should share, about the lilacs and the lady. Daller: Yes, definitely. Burke: Oh, God, Mario come out here all the time. They were great. So the next day, Im up and Im outside. And then, on the third floor, which was in the mansard roof, that was all the servants quarters. And I decided, well, Im going to pick up some nice buildings. Staten Island, New York. I knew what she looked like, I knew where it was. And I said to the real estate lady, I said, Well, how do you know theres a ghost in there? She said, Because the old lady that originally lived in the house. I said, Well, the only one I know that talked like that is Bess Seguine. She said, Well, this is me. I said, What is it, Bess? She said, I want you to come and save my house. I said, Are you kidding, Bess? I said, as a kid growing up, we were always down on the beach, looking back up at this big white house that looked like a big Southern mansion. They didnt have it six months and they went under. You could ask for their house and youd get it. But alls I know, they closed in New York and they moved out there. And I was the assistant to the general who was the surgeon for the European Command. Well. Yes. Theyre all gone. Because, now, they cant tear it down. And I had beautiful big pieces of Meissen that I got when I was in Germany, and it all went here and there andI cant get it back. So I found this big beautiful, French, mansard roof, big Victorian house in Tottenville. More beautiful than peoples houses. Burke: Oh, it was all overgrown with undergrowth. So as long as you have people, youre going to have change, and people are going to say, That doesnt work! George James Manger , 100, of Staten Island died on May 4, 2022. Q: Yes. The stables were here for years. John T Burke passed away on April 22, 2015 in Whiting, NJ and is under the care of. It makes sense because she was an old lady. He was predeceased by his mother Lena Russo-Tredici. Daller: At least the property itself, because when you stood outside, I mean, you couldnt see anything. Ill give you a job. They even stopped you riding in the parks. But this is too much for you, George. Its a beautiful house. Staten Island was very early on, and then Florida, and then off to Europe. And the basement was beautiful, where you can walk out onto the porch and out into the garden. Its a part of the history that should remain. Staten Island and the South Shore is the only place where people can still move, be in a country feeling, and build what they want to build, and have a garden and have a lawn and, you know, they can be in the country and still be in the city. Coach Robert Joseph "Bob" Burke, 74, died April 4, 2020, at home, surrounded by his loving family, in Wilson, N.C. I think I got the two of them for five bucks or something like that. Burke: Of course, I come from a big house. Beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke. Sell the other half to Billthat was my brother and you and George, move with me to Florida. So we all thought that was a great idea. Dont forget I, for yearsin London, I went to university. Just landmarked. She had a caretaker or she had a woman that took care of her, or something. But it only reached a certain point of it, not in the very beginning. Hes done it for forty-plus years, now its time to give back. Because you never finish, youre always finding something to do. Or is there a way for things to be changed? I went to grammar school and high school here. But the one that I remember was a great big brooch. I can get that. Because you could get it through theand once I got involved, I did really, really well. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. All rights reserved. 06/26/1943 - 02/20/2023. Casey Funeral Home Kathleen Burke, age 78 passed away at Richmond University Medical Center after a brief illness on January 26, 2023. Burke: I had a beautiful big old house in Tottenville that I loved. It doesnt happen on the North Shore because were very condensed and its a dense population. Unbelievable. Is there anything, you think? I mean, I could do a little woodwork, but I wasnt a carpenter. A lot of the windows were broken out of it. I cant think of the name of the thing now. Burke: One was a necklace with a heart on it. And the White Party we do in order to take care of doing cleanup on the lawn, doing any kind of plantings, or anything, because he did it all the years. You buy me out. And he bought me out. Q: And so all these items went upwalked up the stairs and were, carried back down the stairs. Sure, Id no idea of ever owning his house because I had a beautiful big house in Tottenvillebig French style house. So when I get out of the service, I got a job. George Burke is the restorer of the historic Seguine Mansion on the South Shore of Staten Island, where he has lived and taken care of the property for over four decades. And it was twice the size of this house. And then Iwhatd I do then, Ioh, I paid for this house, didnt I? The kitchen was never in the basement. But they donated it to the Sisters of Charity, figuring that the nuns could live in that gorgeous mansion. What the hell is that coming from? So I come down the stairs, and as I got down the stairs, the spelling got stronger and stronger. And, of course, being in the military and traveling with them, the government shipped all my stuff that I bought and picked upshipped it all back to America for me. See Photos. If we can reach an agreement with Historic House Trust, by all means. And as I said, for a thing of whiskey or a bottle of wine, theyd give you anything, because none of them have had it for years and years. The columns werent square wooden ones, like these, they were beautiful fluted ones with all the Corinthian leaves on the tops of them and all that stuff. I forgottheres ten acres that is landmarked now. Was her name Mackey? I was an interior designer. Did you know that from? And also about the history of Staten Island, or the style that the house is decorated in, the Victorian style, your collection. George Burke. And they were the big windows that lookedand that was a whole, bigjust like here, it was another story. Daller: Mm-hmm! The one owned by the steel companywas that a beautiful house! Before he left, the house was fine. And they were slate, the roof, and by walking on the slates, they broke and they slid off, and wherever they slid off, the rain poured through because it was holes. Luis was great. Theyre deciding they want to build, so they tear down and build. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of George Burke to show support. Burke: Sure. And I said, What in the hell is this doing in my house? So I opened up the lid and there was this old lady laying in there, with this big lace collar around her neck, and her hair was puffed up behind her head, like that, was all gray. Its been so long now. My brother, he come in and he said, What are you, nuts? And my uncle came in and was part of the whole group. Because people will come in, and therell be four or five people and somebody will walk by and just pick this up, and pick that up. As a young adult, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the medical department, spending time in locations across Europe and Alaska. And I never had timesometimes Id be sleeping on the pool table there because I just couldnt leave! And if they were there and I could see them, and I could ship them free because the government had to ship it for me, and I had my sisters, who would store them for meI had had a great opportunity to pick up all this stuff that was beautiful, get it for nothing, and the government ship it back for me, and my sisters would keep it until I got a place to put it. That works! Thankfully, no ones come here and said, Oh, you might have had slaves. I mean, Im sure if somebody came and decided to look back, theyd say, Oh, no, theres a reason for a house like that. People have ideals that are very strange. I would have saved it. Daller: And he formed the board in order to support the house. And that guy, look at the size of that house he just built. Burke: The only thing is, the house will be closed. Burke: But I forgot what the other two things where. Burke: Right across the creek. Q: Yes. Daller: No. Youre working too hard. I had no idea that that was it, when I bought the house or anything. If you want to come, behave yourselves. She was the girl who hired me, and she ran the big Sherwin Williams store. And I finally got to meet Mrs. Seguine because she had stables at that time. She was on TV complaining about it. But that was a condo. Yes. And when I seen it all over there, and when I seen the British people were poor as church mice, they were selling everything. I did go around and take pictures of what was left of some of them. And he and his wife, Adriana, they retired and moved to Florida. And she was living here all by herself. I mean, you talked about it, when you were a kid, that it was this big house that you would see when you were out on, Daller: Its a part of the history of Staten Island. They just couldnt handle it. I dont know what the hell Ill do if you do that. Theres a ghost in there. And I said, Well, I dont believe in ghosts. Q: And, do you keep records on, on those kinds of things? Born in the Province of Pola, Italy, "George" settled in the Bronx. Q: And you feel that thats at risk because of the development thats happening now. And so they lost it. Burke: Yes. I know the Port Richmond store you just bought. Or was that brother Ed? Now what are you going to do with this? I found these here on Staten Island in somebodys basement! And my fatherwe were quite wealthy, growing up. And what they did is they bought a whole fleet of old taxis. It was under your bunk. All my life, I was raised in a big house. Prince Edward Island. Burke: Yes, but just think of that gorgeous, bigthe mansion that this was their farmhouse, up the street here, that was gorgeous. Q: And how did you keep track of all the items in your collection as they were moving from, Burke: Well, a lot of this stuff, I never got back, because once you left it for years and years, you werent going to go back and say, Well, give me that, and give me this. Was it your mother I gave her all the blue and. Daller: Well, you did at a certain point, because you have a lot of photos. Why cant they just appreciate something for what it is? Most recent obituaries in New York. Hes been maintaining it for forty-plus years. Save my house. And I thought, Oh, shit. I was down on the beach one day, I forgot what were doing. Must have been twelve big columns, it was, oh! If you give me a big helping hand here. I said, You know, I dont make that much money. And a couple of my friends came as bartenders for me. And I worked there for quite a while, and I lived in the Bronx. . And I wish the hell I could have gotten a hold of that before they tore it down. And I gave that, I thinkI dont know if I gave it to Bess. And they repaired all these taxis, repainted them, and then sold them all to Cuba. Burke: Well, I wanted a beautiful Victorian look. And, minute he bought the house, did a little work in it, put it right up for sale. So, unfortunately, there arent many people that care that way anymore. I had a bulldozer two weeks, riding back-and-forth, and back-and-forth, and back-and-forth across the front of the house because you couldnt see the house from the water. I bought another restaurant, didnt I? Visitation will be held on April 24, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Casey Funeral Home, 350 Slosson Ave, Staten Island, NY. What the woman who was caretaking her, what she had to do was constantly keep lilacs next to the bed. Aug. 16, 1954 - February 25, 2023 Loving and loyal husband, father, brother, uncle, great uncle and friend. We are a big family. Daller: Mm-hmm. Burke: So then I gave it to the Historic House Trust of New York. And finally, we met with John Krawchuk, when he became in office. They were the Mackeys. He was 63. Burke: So that should pretty well cover it, I think. It was his first time off of Staten Island. And I had a little house in Tottenville so I decided, well, Ill move into this big housein hereand Ill get rid of all the property that I have in Tottenville. But I restored all that. And that painting of me, thats upstairs in my bedroomdid you ever see it? And I kept life rights for it. I mean, its physically impossible. She lived up on Lighthouse Hill. But I dreamt it and I knew every single thing about it. And that was it. Valley Stream. I loved being there and everything. No, its not something were talking about right now. You want to have someone living in it, you cant have an empty house. She was a nasty old lady! But that was funny. I said, Where are you? She said, Well, I moved out years ago and went back to Georgia. She was great, I loved her. Daller: And when he wasnt doing that, he was horseback riding because he loved to ride and thats kind of segued himself to the Seguine House and to Bess. And I was so damn busy, I never got to go home. It was similar, only bigger and more ornate. Create an obituary. They couldnt. Im only a salesman in a department store. I said, and its going to take a lot of money to put that house back together. She said, Well, Im going to help you all I can. And I said, But why would I fix a house I didnt own? And she said, Well, why dont we talk about that. She said, If youre interested in buying it, I will make the arrangements that you can own it. And that still is, today, one of the great places around here, the Old Bermuda Inn, and John still owns it. In Europe, he felt like he had been. Mrs. Mackey. I went over there, and it was standing up sleeping! What the hell do you think it was? One of the doors was shot, so I took this door off, and when I did, the brick wall, on the side, started falling out. Daller: But when you got it, it really was in need of repair. I did everything. Because she would always want her bottle of booze. So they went into repairing things. You know, nobody wanted to end it but nobody wanted to, say, Lets do it. But because I was military, the military shippedwhen they moved me, they moved all my stuff. And so people saidthey took all the horses and they moved to New Jersey. I forgot whose house it was. I found him through somebody. Burke: the Historic House people did give me a big bronze plaque to put on the front of it. And I walked into there and I walked up, and the lid was closed on the coffin. Id love that old house. I said, But Bess, I said your houseI dont know about saving it. 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