Elrene (Crandall) Burdick 1884-1962  
Categories: Alfred, New York, Battle Creek, Michigan, Deacon / Deaconess, Rev. Hurley S. Warren Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 173, No 9, p 16, Sep. 10, 1962.
  Elrene Crandall Burdick, a deaconess, widow of the late Rev. William L. Burdick, died July 30, 1962.
  At an early age she professed belief in Christ as her Savior and was baptized and joined the Independence Seventh Day Baptist Church in 1899, of which she was a faithful active member, having served as clerk of the church for six years.   Later she joined the First Hopkinton Church in Ashaway, R. I.   Here she was ordained to the diaconate in 1938.   She joined the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Alfred on May 10, 1958, where she remained a faithful, consecrated member until her death.
  Elrene was graduated from the Teachers Training Course of Alfred University.   After teaching in the local schools and at Berlin, N. Y., she gave of her time and talents to teach a year in the Fouke Ark., Mission School, founded by the Rev. and Mrs. Gideon Henry Fitz Randolph.
  Miss Crandall also attended New York School of Agriculture and Home Economics in Alfred, graduating in 1913 in Home Economics.   She was employed at Battle Creek Sanitarium for some time.
  Elrene cared for her father until his death.   She then became a close companion to her mother, until her marriage.
  On October 7, 1934, she was united in marriage with the Rev. William L. Burdick of Ashaway, R. I., where they resided until his death, February 29, 1952.   She shared his outstanding work for the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society, of which he was the corresponding secretary for many years.
  After her husband died, Mrs. Burdick spent five years helping to care for Mrs. Nathan E. Lewis of Plainfield, N. J., and was very thoughtful in assisting Mr. Lewis in his blindness.
  When she came to Alfred to retire, she soon saw the opportunity to serve again and went to the aid of Dr. and Mrs. Ben. R. Crandall, where she faithfully and lovingly stood by during the extended illness of Mrs. Crandall.
  Mrs. Burdick was active in the Friendly Forum Sabbath School Class, the Ladies' Aid Society, the Evangelical Society, the W.C.T.U., and was a member of the Garden Club, the Amandine Club, and the General Schuyler Chapter of the D.A.R.
  She is survived by two brothers, Dr. Ben R. Crandall of Alfred and C. Milford Crandall of Independence; two step-daughters, Mrs. Paul C. Saunders of Alfred and Miss Edith Burdick of New York City, and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services were held at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Alfred, N. Y., on Sabbath afternoon, August 4, 1962, with the Rev. Albert N. Rogers and the Rev. Hurley S. Warren, her pastor, officiating.   Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery.