David Merle Burkhart ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: L6SW-GT2.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁴ The 1940 census recorded at 535 Birch Street: Edmin [sic, as indexed] Burkhart, knitter in hosiery mill, 26, living with wife Pauline, 25; son Robert, 7; son David, 4; and daughter Barbara, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They lived in the same place in 1935.

2. Census in 1950 in Reading, Berks, PA. The 1950 census recorded at 547 N. 14th Street: Gordon Golden, proprietor for sign display company, 50, living with wife Pauline, 36; son Kenneth Golden born Jun 1949; step son Robert Burkhart, 17; step son David Burkhart, 13; step daughter Barbara Burkhart, 11. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Obituary: Allentown Morning Call: obituary of David M. Burkhart on 12 Apr 1997 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ³ David M. Burkhart, 61, of 349 Sousley Road, Lenhartsville, died Friday, April 11, in his home. He was the husband of Brenda J. (Snyder) Burkhart. They were married 15 years last April. He was a Class A electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Reading Union 173, from 1970 until retiring because of disability in 1991. A member of the Lenhartsville Fish and Game Association and the Ontelaunee Rod and Gun Club, New Tripoli, Burkhart also taught hunter safety and trapping courses for the Pennsylvania Game Commission for the past 20 years. Born in Reading, he was a son of Edwin F. Burkhart of Reading and Pauline C. (Homan) Hardy of Temple. He was a member of Northern Valley Evangelical Free Church, New Tripoli. He was a Marine Corps veteran, serving for over eight years including the Korean War. Survivors: Wife and parents; daughters, Cheryl and Janelle, both of Reading; sons, Bradford S. Miller of Reading and Shane D. Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla.; sister, Mary L., wife of Raymond Hines of Tucson, Ariz.; brothers, Robert E. Burkhart of Cedar Park, Texas, and Kenneth C. Golden of Bernville; stepson, Dean E. Hartman of Orefield; stepdaughters, Betty J. Hartman of Kempton and Tina M. Hartman of Alburtis; six grandchildren and five step-grandchildren. Services: 8 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Call 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at church. Arrangements, Robert S. Nester Funeral Home, Jacksonville (Route 143). Contributions: To the church.