Family, friends gather to remember Lily Burk The ceremony was intended as 'something to honor such a creative soul.' The 17-year-old Oakwood student was killed last month. By Corina Knoll and Margot Roosevelt August 9, 2009 On a hill overlooking a misty downtown skyline, hundreds gathered in the afternoon sun today to celebrate the life of Lily Burk, cut short by a brutal murder last month. Students from Oakwood School, where the 17-year-old Burk was a fun-loving and academically successful senior, spread blankets beside a white canopy shading hundreds of folding chairs in Bardsdall Art Park. Programs were handed out...