Frank Fisk Burdick, son of Alberne and Josephine Dunham Burdick, was born in New Market (Piscataway) N. J., Nov. 4, 1888, and died Aug. 4, 1971, at Ormond Beach, Fla. About 1916 he married Mabel Whitford of Dunellen, N. J. (who died early in life). To this marriage four children were born.
Early in life Frank became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in New Market, N. J., where he was an active member. When that church was closed he transferred to the Daytona Beach, Fla., church. In the congregation his clear voice was always heard as he sang with others the words and music from memory.
In 1935 he married Altana Claire of Alfred Station, N. Y. They lived several years in Dunellen, Plainfield, and Bay Head, N. J., where he was engaged in remodeling and developing property. He cane to Holly Hill, Fla., in 1956.
Surviving are his wife Altana; two daughters, Ruth (Mrs. Wm. P. Gangel) of Baywood, Brick Town, N. J., and Lois (Mrs. Emil Havasy) of North Plainfield, N. J.; one son, Myron of Dunellen, N. J.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, also a brother, Harold O. of Alfred, N. Y. A memorial service was held in Memorial Funeral Home in Plainfield, N. J., his pastor, the Rev. Marion C. Van Horn of Daytona Beach, officiating. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield.
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