Birth20 Oct 1890, Dunellen, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
Death29 Jan 1957, Little Genesee, Allegany Co., New York
BurialWells Cemetery, Little Genesee, Allegany Co., New York
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
Spouses
Birth14 Apr 1892, Little Genesee, Allegany Co., New York
Death8 Jan 1976, Little Genesee, Allegany Co., New York
BurialWells Cemetery, Little Genesee, Allegany Co., New York
Marriage21 Aug 1921, New Market, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
Notes for Edna B. BURDICK
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 162, No 7, p 112, Feb. 18, 1957.
Edna Burdick Sanford, daughter of Alberne and Josephine Dunham Burdick, was born at New Market, N. J., Oct. 20, 1890, and died Jan. 29, 1957, at the home near Little Genesee, N. Y.
Mrs. Sanford was baptized and joined the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church at New Market, N. J. On august 21, 1921, she was married to Mark R. Sanford. They moved to Fouke, Ark., where they served on the staff of the Seventh Day Baptist Mission School for one year. They then moved to Little Genesee where the remainder of her life was spent. Mrs. Sanford became a member of the Little Genesee Seventh Day Baptist Church serving as a deaconess and as choir director for many years.
Surviving besides her husband are two sons: Deacon Gordon Sanford of Little Genesee, and Rev. Don A. Sanford of New Auburn, Wis.; two brothers: Frank of Plainfield, N. J., and Dr. Harold O. of Alfred, N. Y.; one sister, Miss Grace Burdick of Wayne, Pa.; and seven grandchildren.
Farewell services were held in the Little Genesee Seventh Day Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. Delmer E. Van Horn, and her son, Rev. Don A. Sanford, who read the Scripture and paid tribute to his mother. Burial was in the Little Genesee Cemetery. D. E. V. H.
Graduate of Montclair, N. J., State Normal School. They are S. D. B. and spent one year on the Home Mission Field in Arkansas.
Notes for Mark Rowland (Spouse 1)
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 198, No 6, p 32, June, 1976.
Mark O. Sanford was born in the Town of Genesee, N. Y., April 14, 1892, a son of Albert and Salina Barber Sanford. He married the former Edna Burdick in New Market, N. J., in 1921. She died in 1957. He then married the former Grace Burdick in 1958, who died in 1970.
Surviving are two sons, Gordon L. Sanford of Little Genesee, N. Y., and the Rev. Don A. Sanford of Milton, Wis.; nine grandchildren and a great-granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.
Mark was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Little Genesee; a teacher in the Sabbath School; a deacon, trustee, and a licensed (life license) lay minister of his church. He served as lay pastor of the Waterford, Conn., church and was also a missionary pastor of the church at Fouke, Ark.
He filled many other responsible positions in the community and of Western New York. He was noted for the maple syrup which he boiled down on his farm at Little Genesee.
Memorial services were held at the Little Genesee church with his son, the Rev. Don A. Sanford, giving the tribute. Rev. Kenneth B. Van Horn officiated. K. B. V. H.