My big old Victorian house is saved, and thats still there. Utica. Do you remember that? My sister, Frances, got me a nice little apartment in the Bronx, right next to her. Did you know that from? Daller: You werent here. But I put the kitchen in the basement and sealed up that, because once that filled up with water, it would leak into the basement. Born in the Province of Pola, Italy, "George" settled in the Bronx. Staten Island . Thats how I got to know Adriana Scalamandr and the Scalamandrs. Burke: Anyway, she was well known here on Staten Island. George James Manger , 100, of Staten Island died on May 4, 2022. Daller: If they cant ride, why should they be here? Where were you stationed and what was it like? Facebook gives people the power to. Shit. Anyway, I said, Oh boy, did I have a scary dream. I told her my dream. Create an obituary. Burke: Oh god. Its still there in Port Richmond. That was her name. So thank you. Loving son of Joan (Perry) Burke of Plymouth and the late George W. Burke. So it shows you that you have a friend forever. Take a walk. I said, No, no, Im gonna save this house. He said, Oh! So, I would saywhat was it?the spring, and in the back of the house was the entrance to the cellar with the double doors, where you walked down the stairs, and it was all brick, and it had the doors. So we talked to our brother Bill and he had come up with the money, bought the house. And Id go downtown and Id wheel and deal for a bottle of whiskey. But I forgot what the other two things were. When they shipped me back from where I was, where the Eskimos were, they sent me back to the base, because they were shipping everybody now, backafter your time was up, you had to go back because you couldnt stay any longer than two years, and after two years, you had to come back to the States. Matthew Funeral Home Inc 2508 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY (718) 761-5544 Send flowers. It feels like home, because thats what its been. I dont think anythings missing? Of course, when I bought the house, that was all weeds growing up among the bricks. The beloved husband of Rosanna (Ialuna) Burke, he was the devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. He was in the Air Force. He was from Central America somewhere, and he just believed in everything had to be right. So I made sure it was filled in with dirt the rest of the way, so I wouldnt have that water getting in the basement. From last time I saw it, it looked like it needed a bulldozer! She said, No, no, no. She said, you can save it. And I had a little house in Tottenville so I decided, well, Ill move into this big housein hereand Ill get rid of all the property that I have in Tottenville. He come over he looked at it. Burke: Yes. Im only a salesman in a department store. I said, and its going to take a lot of money to put that house back together. She said, Well, Im going to help you all I can. And I said, But why would I fix a house I didnt own? And she said, Well, why dont we talk about that. She said, If youre interested in buying it, I will make the arrangements that you can own it. Theres one here, theres one there, and theres one in the other room. But the problem is, its so limited on Staten Island. [laughs]. 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I did go around and take pictures of what was left of some of them. And I did, I got in St. George wasnt it? So I got this on the front porch somewhere, nailed to the house, butdoesnt matter. I bet I left the cellar door open under the stairwell, from the basement, and I bet thats the soap Ive got in the washing machine that smells like that. Scarpaci Funeral Home of Staten Island LLC. I said, No, no, no. In this interview, Burke talks about working with designer Mario Buatta, along with the House of Scalamadr, to select furniture and fabrics to decorate the home in the Victorian style. So it took a fortune, but I had it, all that money, to restore the house. Q: Yes. What a gorgeous home that was. Because back when they built the houses, kitchens were never built in the house. Email or phone: Password: . George: Oh, I knew the Seguines for years. Burke: Oh, it was all overgrown with undergrowth. Q: Did you keep up a conversation with Mario Buatta about. Its some very wealthy unknown-known person who was there. Daller: And he formed the board in order to support the house. Of course, over therewhen I was over thereEngland was just getting out of the bad part of the War [World War II], and they had nothing over there. Q: Yes. Then, on that side, was the dining room, and the kitchen. Dont remember what happened to it, right? Burke: It was. Thats not good. The same thing thats going on with statues. Its been so long now. She left things there. A necklace with a gold heart that opened like a. Daller: Oh, I dont know. And he did these two chairs. And then, on the third floor, which was in the mansard roof, that was all the servants quarters. Burke: Her sister has it [indicating Daller]. Im offered fortunes for the front field, for the side field, for the backfield. Then upstairs, was all the bedrooms. Okay. But, Q: Let me ask you some more about the items that you collected when you were. And they were big floors. Constantly. And I kept life rights for it. On a goddamn pillared mattress sleeping? So I went out and I said toI had two roommates, and I said to my roommates, Wheres my box? And they said Oh, well, Sergeant Joiner came in and took it. I said, Oh, no! I went running out. George Burke Obituary It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Must have been twelve big columns, it was, oh! Well, on theon the fireplace there, those two big candelabras, theyre Meissen. Im gonna save it, its a gorgeous house!. I said I was the only person at that timemy uncle gave me my sweet sixteen there, and all my friends were invited to come formal. They dont know it. Burke: And Im leaving everything thats in the houseits staying. Well, the paintings and the small stuff like thatthat like that mirror and those paintings and all that stuffthat was all the little stuff. We are a big family. You cant ride anywhere but in a circle arena. But when I die, they say theyre going to make a museum out of it. Q: Well, tell me about getting started on this house. Lots of photos, costs, everything. So I went around and looked and looked and I said, You know, I could open a restaurant. And I walked around and I found a couple of nice places. And I had more bargains from Mrs. Murphy. Burke: Oh, yes. And think about it. Burke: Mario Buatta and a couple of people of his friends that were just as big. Daller: It was like, we cant even find him anymore. And I had to have somebody upstairs, standing on the stairs, and told me when to stop jacking, when the stairs got level, because the stairs were like this. I mean, how did you decide what to purchase, what to collect? Burke: Well, when it came to really heavy construction, like this whole wall being rebuilt and things, I had to hire carpenters and I had to hire plasters to plaster the ceiling. I saved that, thats still there. My mother and his wife never got along too well. Christ, we had a good time. So I go downstairs. He got involved with riding there and was constantly riding. Restored the building, looked around, come down, bought this house from Mrs. Seguine, and then moved out of the bar and restaurantbecause I had a room upstairs in it. And I finally got to meet Mrs. Seguine because she had stables at that time. Im giving nothing away. And if I couldnt take care of them, Id call down to the base and theyd send a helicopter and theyd pick them up and take them down to the hospital, because we had to take care of them, because Alaska was ours, and all the Eskimos was our responsibility. Burke: Yes. Obituary: George W. Burke October 07, 2021 George W. Burke, 63 George W. Burke, of Hull, died on Oct. 2. Daller: Right, we really dont discuss any of that. Youd have to see the house to see what Im talking about. Q: Yes, absolutely. Burke: Oh, when I was a kid, we lived in Annandale. Burke: And that was called the Tidewater Inn. So most of the stuff is Victorianturn of the century and Victorian. Daller: You know, people dont understand them. Burke: Yes, Mario come out all the time. But things that, well, were thatyou needed carpenters that knew, that were good carpenters. And Bill moved in, and he stayed there for quite a while. All the grounds, the stables, everythingthey cant change a thing. Daller: But when you got it, it really was in need of repair. And he was studying art and he painted my portrait that shell show you, thats upstairs. And then you could walk under the porch out into the garden. George Memon's passing on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 has been publicly announced by Martin Hughes Funeral Home in Staten Island, NY. He worked by himself. Find the obituary of William Burke (1966 - 2021) from Staten Island, NY. So I moved into the front parlor room, there. Remember him? The one owned by the steel companywas that a beautiful house! All these walls used to be white. Otherwise, Id never be able to have half the stuff thats in here because it would have cost me a private fortune to have it shipped. Q: and Linda Daller for the New York Preservation Archive Project. Burke: Oh, well, when I was inI guess I was in England. I think there were hundreds of people that worked there. Because we went to about every Air Force base in Europe there was, and I got around to see everything. You just named them. Theyd work out, and theyd be waiters, or this and that. The income from the Seguine Equestrian Center, which stables some twenty horses a stone's throw from the mansion, helps. Burke: And what is a shame islike, you take [one of our former boarders], she has two horses that she used to keep here all the time. Viewing times and guestbooks can be found here . And I had the two apartments! People, Oh, could you help me? And especially when I came to Staten Island and I was working for Sherwin Williams, andwhat the hell, Florence? Daller: Well, you did at a certain point, because you have a lot of photos. And I had beautiful big pieces of Meissen that I got when I was in Germany, and it all went here and there andI cant get it back. I loved them too. Is there anything, you think? What are we gonna do here? So he said, Well, I really love doing this, George. And I said, Okay, John, thats fine. Q: I mean, I live in a small apartment, so what is it like to live in a kind of museum quality home? Q: How did you establish a relationship with the Parks Department and the Historic House Trust? Is there anything else that you would like to add about the house as it is now, the history, or the future of the house? Devoted father of Matthew I. Burke, Jason L. Burke, and Georgina P. Burke, all of Hull. Daller: That was the house that had ghosts. I wanted to ask about the Equestrian Center. I moved in, I cleaned it all up. And when I seen it all over there, and when I seen the British people were poor as church mice, they were selling everything. If we can reach an agreement with Historic House Trust, by all means. Daller: Thats been acquired over the years. Christ, a good ten, twelve years. That was all what she had in mind! Its a big plaque on it, its landmarked and everything. Daller: A lot of the paintings came from Europe, though. Sure, Id no idea of ever owning his house because I had a beautiful big house in Tottenvillebig French style house. February 26, 2023 (70 years old) View obituary. And when they got level, he screamed, Okay, George, theyre level, theyre level! And then I put a big postI put a big cement thing on the floor. And the last time I went there, there was all houses built in it. I can get that. Because you could get it through theand once I got involved, I did really, really well. And I know everythingId love to go out to Staten Island. So he said, Good. They moved in there, and they lived there. Wow, what a great place. I said, now here you are, the woman we always wondered about, asking me if Im interested in saving that house? Daller: Its life estate that he has. And no ones going to be able to talk about it, and point things out, and say where it came from, or whats the history behind it. And I miss all those horses. And I didnt realize it because I was always working. So I just grew up with it, knowing it. So I said, whew! Yes, she died and she was in the front parlor in the coffin, wasnt she? And I said, What in the hell is this doing in my house? So I opened up the lid and there was this old lady laying in there, with this big lace collar around her neck, and her hair was puffed up behind her head, like that, was all gray. I moved in the house, and I would come in the house, and right in the front hallway, you could always smell lilacs. And then the Eric woke up, and I said, Well, I dont know. And I had to laugh. Because she begged me. Tell us about when you were born? Visitation will be held on April 24, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Casey Funeral Home, 350 Slosson Ave, Staten Island, NY. And then when I went looking for myhis name was Joinerand everybody was saying, Well, Sergeant Joiner is leaving, Sergeant Joiner is leaving. And I never thought much of it. See Photos. And I went in and I noticed my big box was gone. I dont know what the hell Ill do if you do that. Hes been maintaining it for forty-plus years. The mayor and everybody else in the cityyou cant ride on the beach. Right across the creek. He was an antiquehe had a big rug business in. And it was twice the size of this house. The walkway going to the beach, its still there, where the house was. Q: So tell me about what its been like for you to live here. And if you were wearing them and you went and got in your car and turned the heater on, you smelled like piss. 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