Edna Burdick Sanford, daughter of Alberne and Josephine Dunham Burdick, was born at New Market, N. J., Oct. 20, 1890, and died Jan. 29, 1957, at the home near Little Genesee, N. Y.
Mrs. Sanford was baptized and joined the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church at New Market, N. J. On August 21, 1921, she was married to Mark R. Sanford. They moved to Fouke, Ark., where they served on the staff of the Seventh Day Baptist Mission School for one year. They then moved to Little Genesee where the remainder of her life was spent. Mrs. Sanford became a member of the Little Genesee Seventh Day Baptist Church serving as a deaconess and as choir director for many years.
Surviving besides her husband are two sons: Deacon Gordon Sanford of Little Genesee, and Rev. Don A. Sanford of New Auburn, Wis.; two brothers: Frank of Plainfield, N. J., and Dr. Harold O. of Alfred, N. Y.; one sister, Miss Grace Burdick of Wayne, Pa.; and seven grandchildren.
Farewell services were held in the Little Genesee Seventh Day Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. Delmer E. Van Horn, and her son, Rev. Don A. Sanford, who read the Scripture and paid tribute to his mother. Burial was in the Little Genesee Cemetery.
D. E. V. H.
