Allison Ward

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Age 94, of Wilmington, DE, died after a short illness on Tuesday, February 6, 2007.

Mrs. Burdick attended The Misses Hebbs School and graduated from Westover School. She had served as Chairman of the Wilmington Flower Market and on the boards of the Visiting Nurses Association, the Family Society, the University of Delaware Library Associates, The Historical Society of Delaware and for 22 years was Vice-Regent for Delaware of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. She was a member of the Wilmington Country Club and the National Society of Colonial Dames. She was most interested in preservation of the past and conservation for the future.

Mrs. Burdick's husband of 51 years died in 1989. She is survived by a son, Lalor Burdick and his wife, Patricia, of Newton, MA; a daughter, Cynthia B. Patterson and her husband, James, of Providence, RI; 4 grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held in Lower Brandywine Cemetery, 117 Old Kennett Road, Wilmington, on Friday February 9, at 1 pm.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Planned Parenthood of Delaware, 625 Shipley St., Wilmington, DE 19801; or the University of Delaware Library Associates, Morris Library, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19717.

Allison married Charles Lalor Burdick about 1938. Charles (son of Frank Austin Burdick and Anna Lalor) was born on 14 Apr 1892 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; died in 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]