"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 191, No 14, p 15, Oct. 16, 1971.
Frank Fisk Burdick, son of Alberne and Josephine Dunham Burdick, was born in New Market (Piscataway) N. J., Nov. 4, 1888, and died Aug. 4, 1971, at Ormond Beach, Fla.
About 1916 he married Mabel Whitford of Dunellen, N. J. (who died early in life). To this marriage four children were born.
Early in life Frank became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in New Market, N. J., where he was an active member. When that church was closed he transferred to the Daytona Beach, Fla., church. In the congregation his clear voice was always heard as he sang with others the words and music from memory.
In 1935 he married Altana Claire of Alfred Station, N. Y. They lived several years in Dunellen, Plainfield, and Bay Head, N. J., where he was engaged in remodeling and developing property. He cane to Holly Hill, Fla., in 1956.
Surviving are his wife Altana; two daughters, Ruth (Mrs. Wm. P. Gangel) of Baywood, Brick Town, N. J., and Lois (Mrs. Emil Havasy) of North Plainfield, N. J.; one son, Myron of Dunellen, N. J.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, also a brother, Harold O. of Alfred, N. Y.
A memorial service was held in Memorial Funeral Home in Plainfield, N. J., his pastor, the Rev. Marion C. Van Horn of Daytona Beach, officiating. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield. M. C. V. H.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 106, No 8, p 254, Feb. 25, 1929.
Mrs. Mabel Whitford Burdick, daughter of Mrs. Minnie and the late Dr. Myron J. Whitford, was born July 17, 1891.
Her home has always been in Dunellen where she grew from happy childhood to womanhood. She was the oldest of the daughters, and both the mother and the sisters testify to her cheerful helpfulness in many ways, but especially in caring for the younger children. She was baptized and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church, and became an active member of the Christian Endeavor society, the Sabbath school, and in later years the Ladies' Aid. For several years she was efficient as a public school teacher where, as everywhere, she made many friends. On September 7, 1916, she was married to Frank F. Burdick with whom the remaining years of her live were happily spent.
Starting with an infected tooth, Mabel heroically endured agonies of pain during her long illness, but she met it with unwavering faith in her Savior. She made a brave struggle for her life for the sake of her husband and friends, and especially for the little children who were very precious to her. Everything was done for her that loving thoughtfulness could devise, and that medical skill could do; but gradually the irresistible septicemia got control, and one day near the end she said to her husband, "Frank, I am so tired, I think I will have to give up the fight." So she quietly passed away early in the morning of January 23, 1929.
In going she has left in sadness her husband, mother, three sisters - Mrs. Maud Spicer, Mrs. Helen Lance, Mrs. Dora Burdick of Milton Wis.; and three brothers - Raymond, Adelbert, and Paul; and a half-brother, Clarence of Whitehouse, N. Y. She leaves motherless four beautiful children - Margaret, ten years of age, Ruth, Lois, and Myron, aged five.
The beautiful floral offerings from the Christian Endeavor society, the Ladies Aid, the Sabbath school, and many other friends attested the esteem in which she was held.
The funeral was conducted from the home by Pastor Van Horn, and the tired body was laid to rest in the beautiful Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, Friday afternoon, January 25. T. J. V. H.