Mary Balabushka Burke of Spring Lake died peacefully on April 18, 2024. She was surrounded by her daughter, Janet, and close friends.
Mary was born at home in Brooklyn, New York, on August 15, 1928, to Anton and Natalia Balabushka, emigrants from Bela Rus who survived the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Mary lived most of
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