Ida Olive Allen Burdick was born in Alfred, January 20, 1857, and died at her home in this village, March 18, 1926. She was the oldest of six children born to Olive Burdick and Franklin Allen.
When but a young girl she was baptized and united with the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, of which she remained a faithful member.
December 20, 1881, she was married to Clark T. Burdick, who survives her. To them were born five children: Mrs. Bertha O. Snyder and Edna E. Burdick of Alfred; Ira F. Burdick of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. William R. Jones of Elm Valley; and Lynn C., who died in infancy. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Witter and Mrs. F. E. Stillman of Alfred, and one brother, William H. Allen of Farina, Ill.
Funeral services were conducted in the First Alfred church Sabbath afternoon by Rev. E. D. Van Horn of Alfred Station, and the body was laid to rest in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
Mrs. Burdick will be greatly missed by a host of friends as well as in her home. E. D. V. H.
