Mrs. Hannah Shaw Burdick, 90, of Alfred, New York, died Friday, April 4 at the Wellsville Nursing Home following a long illness.
Born on June 4, 1895, in Alfred, N. Y., she grew up in Plainfield, N. J., and North Loup, Neb. She married Harold Burdick in 1919.
She attended Milton College, graduated from Salem College, W. Vir., and later earned a library science certificate from the University of Wisconsin. She returned to Alfred with her husband and family in 1931, where she lived until November of 1985.
Mrs. Burdick first worked in the library, then became a part-time English instructor at Alfred University. She was involved in village and university organizations such as Wee Playhouse, Historical Society, Friends of Music and Amandine Club. For many years she taught Sabbath School, belonged to the advisory board and was a deaconess for the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Carol Burdick, of Alfred, and Mrs. William (Judy) Downey, of Camp Hill, Penn.; one sister, Catharine Jacox, of Columbus, Tex.; two cousins, Stephana Shaw and Mrs. J. Paul Green, both of Milton; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and by her son, Kenneth.
