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- Luransa CHAMPLIN BURDICK was
born January 2, 1839, in Otselic, Chenango
- Co., N.Y., and died June 2, 1913, of
acute gastroenteritis, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George
CROSLEY, Milton, Wis.
- Her parents were Elijah and Luransa
GRIFFIN CHAMPLIN. Her father was killed
- by a falling limb before her birth.
In the home of her stepfather, Almeron P. STILLMAN, whom
her mother married January 4, 1844, she grew to womanhood, most
of those years being spent at Utica, Wis. She had a thirst for
education which she was able to gratify only partially, being
a student at Albion Academy for the first term of its existence,
before the building was finished.
- She was married to Russell Dighton
BURDICK, September 24, 1857, by the
- groom's father, Eld. Russell G. BURDICK.
For seventeen years they lived at Freeborn, Minn. Those were
pioneer days. There were not many of the comforts and conveniences
which are common now; but neighborly kindness, fellowship and
hospitality abounded. The religious meetings were attended by
deep feeling and manifestations of the Spirit. This home was
one of the strongholds of religious life.
- In the fall of 1882 Deacon BURDICK
and his family moved to Milton, Wis. He
- died there in 1885; but the wife went
bravely forward with the mission which had brought them thither.
She did not slacken her efforts till all the children had graduated
from college. She originated the gentlemen's boarding club, which
still exists, to provide board for poor students at the lowest
possible price. Each young man found in her a friend.
- She had a deep religious experience.
She was the second person baptized into the
- old Utica Church. She showed her faith
in her life, and in the diaries which her children cherish. Her
mother, whom she called "the best Christian I ever knew,"
was powerful in prayer and exhortation, exercising the importance
of religion. "What is right?" was the question which
was felt as the very atmosphere of Mrs. BURDICK's life.
She was always earnest and conscientious. "This is the generation
of them that seek thee." Her life was a powerful lesson
for us, for it was anchored in God.
- She leaves three children: Willard
De Lure, pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church,
- Farina, Ill.; A. Lovelle, physician
in Janesville, Wis.; Nanie, wife of Dr. G. E. CROSLEY,
Milton, Wis. There are four grandchildren; also a half-brother,
Noyes P. STILLMAN of New Richland, Minn.; a stepbrother,
B. H. STILLMAN of Eugene, Ore.; and a stepsister, Mrs.
S. E. PIERCE of Riverside, Cal.
- Farewell services were conducted, June
3, by Pastor Randolph, assisted by President
- Daland and Rev. E. F. Loofboro. Text:
Luke i, 46, 47. L. C. R. [Vol. 74, No. 26, p. 831]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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