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- Cleo Forrester Burkart
Cleo Burkart, 72, of the Cove community of Orange, Texas, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at her home.
Born on September 13, 1937 in Palestine, Texas to parents, Augustus Forrester and Nannie (Nix) Forrester.
She had lived in Orange for the last 32 years. She owned and operated Allen's Boat Storage and Marina in the Cove, where she prepared many of meals to share with family and friends. Cleo was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and she enjoyed country music.
Cleo is preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Milton Forrester and Wendell Forrester; her sister, Georgie Williams and her late husband Harlan Commer.
Those who will most cherish her memory are her loving husband of 32 years Allen Burkart; her daughters, Debbie Commer, D'Anne Hoffpauir and husband Glenn and Dania Matak and husband Pete, III; her son, Harlan Commer and wife Sharon; her sisters, Mary Wagner and Estelle Connell and husband Ed; four grandchildren; five great grandchildren.
Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Orange, Texas
Dorman Funeral Home, Orange, Texas
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