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- JANESVILLE - Lillian M. BURDICK, 79, of 1107 Menard
St., died on Thursday,
- May 3, 2007, at home.
- She was born and raised in the family home at 521 Caroline
St. on May 30, 1927, the
- youngest of eight children born to Abe and Selma (SHWERY)
ADAMANY. She graduated from Janesville High School in
1945 and entered Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in September
of 1945, graduating in 1948. In 1951 Lillian completed six months
of post graduate courses at Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital,
Jersey City, NJ, and attended Marquette University. She had been
employed by the Milwaukee County Emergency Hospital, and most
of her career was at Mercy Hospital, where she retired in 1990.
She married Arthur I. BURDICK on Oct. 11, 1952, in Trinity
Episcopal Church, and he preceded her in death on March 6, 2005.
Lillian lived with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia for over 27 years.
She was a lifelong member of Trinity Episcopal Church, where
she was active in the Altar Guild, Meals on Wheels, Adams School
Breakfast Club, Mercy School of Nursing Alumni Association, and
when her children were young, she was active in Cub Scouts and
Girl Scouts.
- Lillian is survived by her 5 children: Mary C. (Matt) SCHOONOVER
of Plover, WI,
- Julie A. PIERCE of Stoughton, Nancy E. (Sandy GOODWIN)
BURDICK of Phoenix, AZ, John A. (Candi) BURDICK
of Chino Hills, CA, and Amy J. PETERSON of Reedsburg;
7 grandchildren: Lindsey, Sara and Matthew PIERCE, Ryan
SCHOONOVER, Austin BURDICK, Jennifer and Peter
PETERSON III; a sister, Alice (Denny) SNOOK of
Minneapolis, MN; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in
death by her parents; husband; 2 sisters, Jo SANFORD and
Louise SCHRICKER; and 4 brothers: Bill, Joe, Wally and
Fred ADAMANY.
- A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May
8, 2007, at TRINITY
- EPISCOPAL CHURCH, with Rev. Robert LeBron officiating. Interment
will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Monday
from 4 until 6 p.m. at SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER
FUNERAL HOME, and again on Tuesday from 9:30 until 10 a.m. at
the CHURCH . Memorials may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church,
HospiceCare, Inc. or The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. For online
obituary and registry: <www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com>
- A special thank you to Dr. Frank Brodkey and his nurse, Kathy,
nurses and staff of
- HospiceCare, Inc. and to Fr. Bob LeBron of Trinity Episcopal
Church. [Friday edition, from the Gazette Xtra website]
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