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Lena Burka 1897 - 1978

Lena Burka of Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia was born on December 25, 1897, and died at age 80 years old in September 1978.

Lena Burka
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Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia 25304
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December 25, 1897
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Lena Burka Lena Burka (1897 - 1978)
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In 1897, in the year that Lena Burka was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1924, Lena was 27 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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Burka, Sarabelle (Feb 23, 1916 - May 9, 1995) Burka, Julia (Jun 13, 1883 - Aug 1970) Burka, Marion (Mar 5, 1897 - Jul 1993) Burka, Mary (Jun 15, 1909 - Sep 1981) Burka, Murray (Sep 19, 1921 - Feb 8, 2005) Burka, Julia (Mar 27, 1910 - May 22, 2003) Burka, Wasyl (Aug 22, 1887 - Mar 1966) Burka, Alek (Dec 7, 1921 - Dec 21, 1995) Burka, Rudolf (Feb 15, 1908 - Jan 1975) Burka, Joseph (Jun 18, 1929 - Feb 7, 1999)
Burka, Olga (Jul 17, 1926 - Apr 16, 2005) Burka, Peter (May 9, 1911 - Dec 1981) Burka, Brownie (Jul 8, 1906 - Dec 1972) Burka, Dorothy (Jan 25, 1917 - Aug 25, 2007) Burka, Louis (Jan 1, 1895 - Mar 1972) Burka, Charles (Apr 30, 1928 - Feb 1980) Burka, Francis (Feb 10, 1924 - Sep 15, 1995) Burka, Elizabeth (Dec 13, 1916 - Jul 29, 2010) Burka, John (Feb 6, 1888 - Jun 1969) Burka, Joseph (Apr 6, 1905 - Jun 1973)
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