Lina (Drake) Burdick 1911-2007
Categories: The Sabbath Recorder Obituary"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 230, No 9, p 25, Sep., 2008.
Lina D. Burdick, 95, of Wellsville, N.Y., passed away at the Wellsville (N.Y.) Manor Care Center on May 11, 2007. Lina was born October 10, 1911 in Honeoye, Pa., to Hal and Nettie (Cowles) Drake. She graduated from Shinglehouse (Pa.) High School in 1929.
On May 30, 1947, she married Jesse E. Burdick in Richburg, N.Y. Jesse predeceased her on March 25, 2004. ( Jesse was born July 7, 1919, in Richburg, son of Jesse A. and Mable Perkins Burdick. He was a veteran of WWII where he served in Europe with the 3rd Armored Division.)
Lina was an elementary school teacher for her entire working career, teaching at Shinglehouse, Richburg and Wellsville. She was a longtime member of the Alfred Station, N.Y., Seventh Day Baptist Church.
She is survived by two grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Lina was predeceased by a daughter, Ann Richmond; two sisters, Alice Bauman and Faith Young; one brother, Leon Drake; and a granddaughter.
Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Wellsville.