Elsie Susan (Green) (Thorngate) Burdick 1894-1986  
Categories: Boulder, Colorado, Deacon / Deaconess, Denver, Colorado, North Loup, Nebraska, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 208, No 3, p 34, Mar., 1986.
  Elsie Susan Green Thorngate Burdick was born May 28, 1894, in Boulder, Colorado, the daughter of Lester E. Green and Carrie Clarke Green.   She died January 2, 1986, at Lutheran Hospital in Wheatridge, Colorado.
  Shortly after Elsie's birth the Green family moved back home to the family farm in North Loup, Nebraska, making the trip by covered wagon.   The family were faithful members of the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church.   Elsie was married to Guy Henry Thorngate in the North Loup Church on March 16, 1916.   For a time they farmed in Nebraska, moving to Denver in 1922.
  Guy became an officer for the Denver Police Department and retired with twenty-five years of service in 1951.   Guy and Elsie were charter members of the Denver Seventh Day Baptist Church.   As treasurer, Guy was instrumental in the purchase of the first church building in Denver.   Guy died on December 6, 1951.
  As a charter member Elsie has been very active in the life of the Denver Church for over 57 years.   She has served her Lord during these years in many ways, truly a mother in Zion.   She taught in the Vacation Bible School, was a member of the Ladies Aid and the Blanche Sutton Sabbath School class and was a Deaconess.   As a Deaconess she was a true shepherdess of the church, a responsibility she took seriously even until the time of her death.
  On April 9, 1964, she was married to Edwin Henry Burdick, who preceded her in death by one week.   They had many happy years together and were an inspiration to this church.
  Elsie is survived by two daughters: Mary Wolfkiel and Gerry Van Dyke; one son, Gordon Thorngate; ten grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.   She is also survived by one stepson, Edwin Burdick, 3 step-grandchildren and 5 step-great-grandchildren.   We praise God for the dedicated life of His servant Deaconess Elsie Burdick.
  Funeral services were held at the Denver Seventh Day Baptist Church on January 6, 1986, with her Pastor, the Rev. John D. Bevis, officiating.   Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery.