b: Wabash; d: Mt Carmel; d/of Grover Cleveland Burkett* & Elizabeth McBride*; m1: John A. Smith* (d: 25 June 1983); m2: Rowland J Hardy (15 Nov 1935 St Louis MO-8 Mar 2007 Mt Carmel; buried Maple Hill Cem Fairfield - Wayne Co IL); ch: son & three daughters & a stepdaughter