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- "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 214, No 6, p 25, June, 1992.
Blanche Burdick, 103, of Normal, Ill., passed away on March 13, 1992, at the Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Normal.
She was born on December 24, 1888, in Farina, Ill., the oldest child of Daniel Pierce and Arabelle (Satterlee) Crandall. On June 30, 1914, she married Arthur Burdick. She taught school for eight years in Farina and Salem, Ill., and later worked for her brother at Crandall Jewelry Store in Farina.
Blanche was a longtime member of the Farina Seventh Day Baptist Church and later transferred her membership to the Kirkwood, Mo., SDB Church. She also attended services at St. Luke Union Church in Bloomington, Ill. She was a member of the Effingham (Ill.) Chapter of the O. E. S.
Survivors include two daughters, Margaret Cunningham and Annabelle Melton, both of Normal; two grandsons, one step-grandson, two great-grandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren, and one step-great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur; one sister, and three brothers. [2]
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