Daniel R. “Dan” Burke, a many-sided man who over a long life was a vigorous presence in Dorchester as a dedicated officer and coach of youth sports programs, a civic activist in the Neponset and Pope’s Hill Neighborhood Associations, a member of the Ward 16 Democratic Committee and of the Boston School Committee (where he served as president), and an active member of St. Ann’s
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. - John .