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- Dr. A[zra] Lovelle BURDICK
- Four boys there were who grew together,
and two of them were BURDICKs and
- two of them were SHAWs. The
four of them were baptized in the spring of 1877, and joined
the Trenton Seventh Day Baptist Church at Freeborn, Minn. Three
of them became ministers of the gospel and the fourth and youngest
a beloved physician. [The four boys were Arza Lovelle BURDICK,
Willard DeLure BURDICK, his brother, George Bly SHAW
and Edwin Benjamin SHAW.]
- He came to Milton in 1882, and entered
the winter term at the college, and was
- graduated in 1889. After teaching a
year he entered Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago, finishing
in 1893. On August 22 of that year he was married to Alice S.
LOOFBORO, at Welton, Iowa. He began his practice of medicine
at Coloma, Wis., returning to Chicago in 1898 for post graduate
work. He served also, as assistant professor in materia medica
in Hahnemann Medical College. In 1900, he opened an office in
Janesville, Wis., specializing in eye, ear, nose, and throat.
He maintained the same office until September, 1938, when, because
of failing health, he was forced to set up his office in his
home in Milton.
- Doctor BURDICK was a member
of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church since
- the spring of 1883, except for the
years spent at Coloma. He was a deacon, serving loyally and cheerfully.
His last public service to the church was last January when,
upon their ordination, he welcomed a deacon and two deaconesses
into their offices. He served on the Commission of the Seventh
Day Baptist General Conference and was many years secretary of
the Sabbath School Board. He served as president of the Board
of Trustees of Milton College for almost twenty years.
- He was a member of the Homeopathic
Medical Society of Wisconsin, serving that
- organization as president for three
years and as secretary for six years. He was a member of the
American Institute of Homeopathy and the American Medical Association.
Since its organization he was a menber of the staff of Mercy
Hospital in Janesville. He maintained an active interest in civic
affairs.
- He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice
LOOFBORO BURDICK; one son, Dr.
- Allison BURDICK of Chicago;
a grandson, Allison, Jr.; a brother, Rev. Willard D. BURDICK;
and a sister, Mrs. George E. CROSLEY of Milton.
- Funeral services were held in the Milton
Seventh Day Baptist church on Monday
- afternoon, April 24, conducted by Pastor
Carroll L. HILL, who was assisted by Rev. John F. RANDOLPH,
President J. W. CROFOOT [CROWFOOT], and
Rev. H. Eugene DAVIS.
- Burial was in Milton Cemetery. C. L.
H. [Vol. 126, No. 23, p. 384]
- Justin Herbert BURDICK, son
of George Stillman and Harriet BABCOCK
- BURDICK,
was born December 29, 1851, in the town of Lima, Wis., and died
at Rockton, Ill., April 3, 1939.
- He attended Milton College, and later
was graduated from Northwestern University
- Medical School. He practiced medicine
at Utica, Wis., later moving to Milton. His name has been on
the roll of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church for forty-five
years. He was in his fortieth year of service as a trustee of
Milton College. He was especially interested in botony and geology.
- His first wife was the former Fannie
COON of Utica, Wis. On September 2, 1898,
- he married Clara STILLMAN at
Watch Hill, R. I. He is survived by his wife, five children by
his first marriage, five by his second marriage, ten grandchildren,
one great-grandchild, and one sister, Mrs. Jessie NOEY
of Milton.
- Funeral services were held in the Milton
Seventh Day Baptist church on Friday
- afternoon, April 7, 1939, conducted
by Pastor Carroll L. Hill. Burial was in Milton Cemetery. C.
L. H. [Vol. 126, No. 23, p. 392]
- HUTCHINS.
Edith Evelyn CAMPBELL, daughter of Marcus A. and Salina
- CROSBY
CAMPBELL, was born July 25, 1877, in Penn, Minn., and
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George THOMPSON,
in Milton, Wis., April 6, 1939.
- She was married to Rev. Jesse Erwin
HUTCHINS at Milton on March 26, 1902.
- He preceded her in death. To them were
born four children, all of whom survive: Mrs. Robert BURDICK,
Mrs. John MANOGUE, and Mrs. George THOMPSON, of
Milton; and Marcus, of Janesville. Eleven grandchildren survive,
also two brothers and three sisters.
- Mrs. HUTCHINS was a constant
help and inspiration to her husband in his service
- as a Seventh Day Baptist minister.
Following his death at Farina, Ill., she moved with her family
to Milton. She was a nurse, and spent much time in this labor
of comfort and healing. Her death was a great shock to the whole
community.
- Funeral services were held in the Milton
Seventh Day Baptist church on Easter Sunday,
- conducted by Pastor Carroll L. Hill
and Rev. Edwin Shaw. Burial was in Milton Cemetery. C. L. H.
[Vol. 126, No. 23, p. 392]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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