Thomas E. Buerk, loving husband of Yvonne "Bonnie" Buerk (nee: Edelen); dear son of the late Frederick V. and Madelyn Buerk; devoted father of Christine Plummer, Thomas Edward (Terri) Buerk, Jr., Nancy (Bill) Ruser, Timothy J. Buerk, Patti White, and step-father of Michael (Stacie) Day; grandfather of 22 and great-grandfather of 24; brother of Lois Aldenderfer, the late Frederick Vernon Buerk, Jr, and the late William "Bill" Buerk. Memorials may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.