Rachel May (Burdick) Bassett 1895-1945  
Categories: Alfred, New York, Brookfield, New York, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 138, No 20, p 372, May 14, 1945.
  Rachel May Burdick, daughter of Rev. Clayton A. and Hattie Eloise Crandall Burdick, was born at Brookfield, N. Y., May 28, 1895, and died at Alfred March 26, 1945.
  She was married to Leon Bassett of Alfred, and to this union were born two children: Eloise B. Scholes and William L.   She joined the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist Church of Westerly, R. I., April 17, 1903, and retained her membership there through the years.   She has been a willing and faithful worker in the First Alfred Church and community through the Ladies' aid Society and other benevolent organizations.
  Besides the husband and children she is survived by two sisters, Frances L. Burdick and Mrs. John C. Bergin, and one niece.
  Farewell services were conducted in the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church by Pastor Everett T. Harris, assisted by the Rev George B. Shaw.   Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery.       E. T. H.