James F. Burke Jr., 98, of Brewster, N.Y., died July 5 in his home.

Burke was a printer at The News-Times of Danbury, Conn., for more than 30 years. He retired in 1982. Before his time at the News-Times, he was employed at the Brewster (N.Y.) Standard and N.Y. Newsday.

He leaves his wife, Dorothy; three sons, Peter, Stephen and James; a daughter, Kathleen; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondent Nimra Aziz, an undergraduate student in the Northeastern University School of Journalism.