Mrs. Mary Burdick Saunders, wife of Charles E. Saunders, at Little Genesee, N. Y., July 6, 1894.
Mrs. Saunders was born March 22, 1864, in the town of Genesee, N. Y., the daughter of Daniel Maxson Burdick and Sally A. M. Burdick. She seems always to have loved Jesus, giving evidences of such love at an early age, and was baptized when fourteen years old by Rev. A. H. Lewis, D. D. She graduated at Alfred University, a member of the class of 1890, greatly beloved by those who knew her, and was made president of the class. During these school days she consecrated herself to that eminent form of Christian service – the Student Volunteer Movement, provided God should open the way to foreign missionary work. Feb. 17, 1893, she was married, her home until recently being in Albion, Wis. Funeral services were held in the First Genesee church, conducted by the pastor, who was assisted by Rev. M. B. Kelly, Rev. Boothe Davis, and Ref. M. G. Stillman. Text, Job 19: 25. Services were attended from far and near, representatives from her college class coming from Alfred. Everything that love could do was done in the way of floral decorations, and evidence of the deep love with which Mrs. Saunders was held were manifest on the part of all. S. S. P.
