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- Russell P[hillip] BAUER, 57,
906 Blaine St., Edgerton and a native of Milton, died
- Tuesday, Feb. 23 in the Edgerton Memorial
Community Hospital, following an illness.
- Funeral services were held at 1:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 26 from the Edgerton United
- Methodist Church with Rev. Veryl Schubert
officiating. Burial was in Milton Cemetery with Wayne, Warren,
and Wayland BAUER, Randy CLARK, Charles BINGHAM
and Maurice McQUEEN as pallbearers.
- He was born in Milton June 14, 1913,
The son of Phillip and Inez KILLIAM
- BAUER.
He attended Milton Union high school and graduated from Milton
College with a B. A. degree in 1933. He did graduate work at
the University of Wisconsin and in 1962-63 participated in the
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies under the auspices of
the Atomic Energy Commission. He was a pioneer in the field
of experimental geometry, a phase of modern math, and also taught
at Milton College. Prior to accepting a position at Edgerton
High school in 1942 as teacher of general science and physics,
he had taught at Milton Union high school.
- He was married to the former Phoebe
ADDIE June 3, 1939, in Milton. He was a
- member of the Edgerton United Methodist
Church, where he was for many years choir director and adult
Bible teacher and former member of the church board.
- Surviving are his wife; a son, Phillip,
Madison, two daughters, Mrs. Stanley ORE, Jr.,
- Appleton, and Margaret at home; four
grandchildren; a brother, Harold, Janesville, and a sister, Mrs.
John CLARK, Milton. [Thursday edition, p. 6]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Prof. William D[ighton] BURDICK,
78, Milton's foremost civic leader, died
- unexpectedly Sunday, March 21 in Mercy
Hospital, Janesville, where he had been admitted on Tuesday after
suffering a heart attack in his home at 533 E. High Street.
- "Prof." Bill, as he was known
by several generations of residents and college students,
- was at the time of his death city assessor,
the sixth office he had held in village government.
- Prof. BURDICK was Milton village
president from 1949-1955 after serving 19
- years as a village trustee. He had
served as village clerk, village treasurer and as a member of
the first joint sanitation commission.
- The son of Rev. Willard D. and Genette
WEST BURDICK was born in Milton
- Junction Jan. 17, 1893. He attended
school in Farina, Ill. before entering Milton College where he
received his B. A. in 1915. He received his masters degree in
1926 from the University of Wisconsin. He served as professor
of chemistry at Milton College from 1919 until his retirement
in 1963 and had also served as acting president, business manager,
department head and member of the board of trustees. He earned
the Pillar of Milton award in 1962 from the Milton Alumni Association.
- In the business world, he was director
and assistant secretary-treasurer of the Milton
- Savings and Loan Association. He served
the Milton Post Office as a part time clerk and operated a small
apple orchard at his home as a hobby.
- He had been an active church member
throughout his life and had held many lay posts
- in the Seventh Day Baptist Church.
At the time of his death he was the treasurer.
- He was married to Erna L. DUDEY
in Hartland, Wis. and they had lived their entire
- life in Milton. The couple observed
their 50th wedding anniversary in 1970. He was a World War I
veteran, serving as a 2nd Lt. in the field artillery.
- Surviving are his wife; a son, Dr.
William L. BURDICK, Kalamazoo, Michigan; a
- daughter Miss Ida Jean BURDICK,
Milwaukee; two grandchildren; one brother, Russell and a sister
Miss Marjorie BURDICK, both of Milton.
- Funeral services were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24, from the Milton Seventh
- Day Baptist Church, the Rev. Earl Cruzan
officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery. [Thursday
edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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