Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Burget MD, Dr. Clair W. February 11, 1880 - 
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Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931
Author: Tarring Davis

  CLAIR W. BURKET, M. D., has been engaged in a general practice of medicine and 
surgery at Altoona for more than twenty years. Born here, February 11, 1880, he 
is a son of John B. and Ella (McFarland) Burket, the former a native of Warriors 
Mark and the latter of Fulton County, Pa., the father being a carpenter and 
undertaker for many years at Warriors Mark.  Doctor Burket attended the public 
schools of his native community, Lockhaven State Normal School, the Rochester 
Business College, and George Washington University, graduating from the last 
named with the degree of doctor of medicine in 1907.  For a year, he practiced 
at Warriors Mark and then established himself at Altoona in 1909.  While he 
conducts a general medical practice, he gives particular attention to gynecology 
and has been a member of the staff of Mercy Hospital since its inception.  
Doctor Burket is a member of the American Medical Association, Medical Society 
of Pennsylvania, Blair County Medical Society, Masonic fraternity and Odd 
Fellows.  He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He married Margaret Funk, 
daughter of David and Fanny (Chamberlin) Funk, of Warriors Mark, and they have 
one son, L. Clair.

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