RITES HELD FOR MRS. CORA BURDIC

Mrs. Cora Burdic, wife of the late Eugene Burdic of Herman, Nebraska, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Dougherty of Omaha Jan. 6.

Cora Rose was born in 1864 at Salem, Iowa. She came to Omaha with her parents who were early pioneers of Nebraska, when she was a very small child. The day they crossed the Missouri River on a ferry was that historical day that Lee surrendered to Grant.

Her parents built a modest cottage where now stands the Woolworth store at 16th and Douglas in Omaha. She took her elementary school training here in Omaha. While still a young girl, she moved with her parents to a farm five miles west of Herman. At this home she was married to a young pioneer, Eugene Burdic of Herman on her 21st birthday. Their road was not paved with gold in those early days and they had to struggle along with other pioneers to make a living and raise a family for there were many hardships and tribulations which they were destined to endure. They lived on a farm south of Herman for about five years and then moved into Herman.

Mr. and Mrs. Burdick were charter member of the O.E.S. of Herman and Mrs. Burdic was the second Worthy Matron, an office which she held for two years.

Mrs. Burdic is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert Dougherty and three sons, Earl of Norfolk, Lloyd and Neal, both of Omaha, eight grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren and many friends.

Rev. A. W. Clarke had charge of the funeral which was held at one o’clock Saturday afternoon, Jan. 8, in Omaha, and interment was made in the Herman cemetery. Many old friends gathered at the cemetery to pay their last respects to Mrs. Burdic and her family.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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