Bertha Mae (Austin) (Burdick) Drake 1892-1987
Categories: Alfred, New York,
Deacon / Deaconess,
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 209, No 9, p 31, Sep., 1987.
Bertha M. (Austin) Burdick Drake, 94, formerly of Alfred Station, New York, died on June 27, 1987, at the Wellsville Highland Nursing Home, Wellsville, New York.
Born in the town of Alfred, New York, she was the daughter of Charles and Minnie (Moland) Austin. In 1911, she married Earl Burdick of Alfred, who died in 1952. In 1959, she married Hal Drake of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania. He died in 1969.
Bertha lived most of her life in the Alfred Station area, where she was a cook and housekeeper. The oldest living member of the Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church before her death, she had served as a deaconess and as a member of the Ladies Aid Society (U.I.S.). She was also a former Alfred granger and a member of the Stitch and Chatter Club of Shinglehouse.
Survivors include a son, Clinton Burdick of Alfred Station; a daughter, Doris Krusen of Tampa, Florida; three stepdaughters, Lina Burdick of Wellsville, Alice Bauman of Hanover, Pennsylvania, and Faith Young of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; a stepson, Leon Drake of Shinglehouse; three grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren and several great-step-grandchildren.
A funeral service was held on June 29, 1987, at the Alfred Station Seventh Day Baptist Church, with Rev. Melvin F. Stephan and Rev. Albert N. Rogers officiating. Burial was in the Alfred Rural Cemetery. MFS