February 18, 2021
Alice Maxine Burkett, 83, of Golden Gate, died at 6:11 p.m. Monday, February 15, 2021, at her residence. Per her request, the body was cremated, and burial will take place later.
Maxine was born on April 15, 1937, in Friendsville, IL to Cecil and Jerldean (Struble) Wood. Maxine was brought up in a sharecropping family living on many farms throughout rural Wabash County. Maxine’s mother died of a brain aneurysm when Maxine was 16 and she played a role looking after her younger siblings, Jessie Mae and Jerry, after their mothers passing. Maxine had been very involved with taking care of many household duties prior to that as her mother was very involved with helping with farm work.