If you want to come, behave yourselves. Burke: Oh, what I want to do isover that fireplace, I want to take that painting downand bring my painting and put it over that fireplace. Hes done it for forty-plus years, now its time to give back. What the woman who was caretaking her, what she had to do was constantly keep lilacs next to the bed. And it became quite the place to be. Because look how long the war went, and England had nothing. Burke: Oh, well, look what I did. And then Iwhatd I do then, Ioh, I paid for this house, didnt I? Burke: Im glad I did. She was the girl who hired me, and she ran the big Sherwin Williams store. Aug. 16, 1954 - February 25, 2023 Loving and loyal husband, father, brother, uncle, great uncle and friend. She lived up on Lighthouse Hill. Q: Was it a similar style? And my brother Bill and my brother Ed decided to go into an automobile repair shop. Burke: Oh, when I was a kid, we lived in Annandale. And the whole big building used to be a big private home, and then they had made it into a restaurant. And they would give me all kinds of beautiful little carved objects and things that would be carved out of the whales teeth or. You cant ride on the street. But you used tell me. 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. Burke: Well, I wanted a beautiful Victorian look. I thought for sure that would never go. And we were great gardeners and she had always come over in the spring, and she gave me little cuttings of all the flowers, and the different things. Syracuse. Staten Island, Brooklyn, New York, Kings, Long Island, and New Jersey (718) 966-7800 Before he died, thats what he was. So that makes sense. So I go downstairs. Search Staten Island obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. Thats not good. The same thing thats going on with statues. Burke: Well, most of the stuff in the house, he worked with me. And how people went along with them, I dont know either. And I looked in the thing, I said, Holy shit. Because we went to about every Air Force base in Europe there was, and I got around to see everything. What the hell is that coming from? So I come down the stairs, and as I got down the stairs, the spelling got stronger and stronger. Daller: Yes. That is the only thing that worries methat the house will be stripped. They couldnt handle it, the clientele that came in. If they brought flowers, it had to be lilacs. So I said, Oh. So that was thatI got that little story. I dont need The Death of Cleopatra hanging above my fireplace. He was an old craftsman from the other side. Im gonna go look. And getting an American Dollar from being in the service, getting my payeven though it wasnt that muchbut at that time, over there, it was worth a fortune. But it looked like an attic with the roof like that and everything. Daller: Thats a story you should share, about the lilacs and the lady. I mean, this whole ceiling was shot. Burke: About the candle? That works! Thankfully, no ones come here and said, Oh, you might have had slaves. I mean, Im sure if somebody came and decided to look back, theyd say, Oh, no, theres a reason for a house like that. People have ideals that are very strange. Because thats what I bought with the money. Take a walk. I said, No, no, Im gonna save this house. He said, Oh! He cant do this anymore. And were doing this interview in Burkes home, in the Seguine Mansion on the South Shore of Staten Island. Daller: Oh, yes. So that was the reason we chose to do a White Party. 06/26/1943 - 02/20/2023. And I went in and I noticed my big box was gone. They were all along the waterfront here. She was living in the house untilshe owned it until she died, and then I would take it over. Then I got shipped to Europe. But things that, well, were thatyou needed carpenters that knew, that were good carpenters. On a goddamn pillared mattress sleeping? Thats when she said to me, George, go save my house. And I came down and looked at it. Daller: Yes, well, thats what we just said, yes. George W. Burke, age 63, of Hull, entered into eternal rest on October 2, 2021. Christ, a good ten, twelve years. Its just a shame. Come here, Marge. I said, What? They said, Sell this goddamn place. Burke: What its been like for you to live here. And she wanted to start running things and taking things over. One woman wouldnt go it, cant think of her name. Will they appreciate it? According to the funeral home, the following services have. But they are the ones thatup in arms, saying, Aww, that poor horse. But what she did is she sold off parcel after parcel in order for her to live here in the house because she had no income. Burke: No, who gave me that? If you lived in Alaska, where it was always cold, it was fine. They had The [Charging] Bull in the city and they had the little [Fearless] Girl there. Visitation will be held on April 24, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Casey Funeral Home, 350 Slosson Ave, Staten Island, NY. And they copied that from France, because thats what it was, it was the French mansard. Do you remember that? [laughs] But, itll be here. So I took that out of the brick and I got some cement, put it all back in, put the wall back up. The roof was shot because the old guy that was caretaker here, he used to walk around on the roof and watch all the boats in the harbor. So it took a fortune, but I had it, all that money, to restore the house. I, being the youngest, of course, seeing everybody growing up. In fact, her husband was a big-wig. And, I had a lot of time over there in London and so I decided, Well, hell, Im going to go to school and learn something. So I took interior design. I hope it isnt that the people who have access come in and empty it because Ive had people say, Oh, when youre not here, Im taking that painting, and Im taking that painting, and I want that couch, you know. He was an antiquehe had a big rug business in. 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. Must have been twelve big columns, it was, oh! Its still there. And I wish the hell I could have gotten a hold of that before they tore it down. Besides horses and Rusty, there are peacocks too. Then she got to the point where she couldnt keep it anymore. Ill do the whole window. And he owned the funeral home. Q: Was that here in the house? They cant just say, The doors are open for anybody, just walk in! Somebody will walk in, and say, Oh, I like those chairs, pick them up, and take them, and theyll be gone. Burke: But everything will stay here exactly as it is, because if its going to be a museum, people are not going to come in and look at empty walls. That whole salon set there was a Victorian salon setand the couch is a camelback. Burke: Down in the basement, my friend Eriche was great, with this Ouija board and all this stuffand he said, George, lets do a seance! So we got a bunch of people together and we went all down in the basement. Eventually, he was able to move his collection of Victorian-style furnishings safely into the home, and add to it larger pieces of furniture to complete the restoration. And my sister, Bess, she was married to Walter, her husband, who was in the Navy. I should really do something to save it. And it just was luck that I had just sold a real estate deal and made a lot of money. I was I loved being there and everything. And Diane said, Oh, Marian has it.. I mean, I had a beautiful condo in Florida. Its still there in Port Richmond. Im getting rid of everything. He said, I have three of the most beautiful Persian carpets from Persia, said, You cant get them anymore. He said, Theyre antiques but they are brand new, never used. He said, Im giving them to you. And this is them. Thats the only thing in the house left from the Seguines. She would say, The lilacs still in the front hall? And Id say, Oh, is that what that smell is? And we used to say, Wow, wonder who lives there? Theyre very few. And then, on the third floor, which was in the mansard roof, that was all the servants quarters. And I was the assistant to the general who was the surgeon for the European Command. And finally their husbands were getting pissed at them, because they were never home, they were always here. Daller: He enjoys the whole house. Q: No, that covers it! You couldnt even see it. I remember you always loved it and liked it. Ill do that. So that was over in Port Richmondits still there, I understand, the store. You just named them. And everyone became extremely close. The income from the Seguine Equestrian Center, which stables some twenty horses a stone's throw from the mansion, helps. Burke: So that should pretty well cover it, I think. They are Chinese Chippendale. Thats what I was. So they went into repairing things. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. Because people will come in, and therell be four or five people and somebody will walk by and just pick this up, and pick that up. 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