Person:Sanford Burrill (3)

The Family of John and Mary Burrill (1767 - 1931) Charles Wesley Burrill Kansas City, Mo. August, 1931 Page 69 - 70

  In 1896 he married Miss Helen A. Knight, who had been graduated with him years before from Mt. Morris Seminary in Illinois. The Pacific Christian Advocate summarizes his work of this period. Quoting freely from the edition of Nov. 10, 1909, "Together they worked on the Prosser charge, embracing a range of sixty miles. His wife often conducted meetings at one point while he was busy at another. They built a church at Prosser, a parsonage at Toppenish, beside many other notable efforts, leaving both charges free of debt.  They organized several Sunday Schools, and conducted many revivals. During this arduous labor his throat failed and he found it necessary to locate at North Yakima, Wash."
  Near North Yakima, Sanford built a large home and operated a splendid fruit farm until 1908, when his rapidly failing health brought his work to a close. A stay in Los Angeles failed to prove beneficial and after his return to North Yakima he died, Oct. 6, 1909. His wife, Helen, died Jan. 9, 1919. Both are buried in Tahoma Cemetery. It is typical of their attitude toward life that two eighths of their estate was bequeathed to the University of Puget Sound to found a loan fund for students.