Dora Burdick

Dora McConnell Burdick Jul. 1, 1940 ~ Jul. 26, 2013 Resident of Rossmoor (Walnut Creek) Dora McConnell Burdick, 73, of Walnut Creek, CA was born July 1, 1940 in Fresno, California to Esther D. Petersen McConnell and Thomas R. McConnell. She graduated from California State University, Fresno, and had a master's from the University of California, Berkeley. Her piano talent was amazing. She died in Walnut Creek. She was married July 8, 1979 to Oscar Charles Burdick. After 34 years of marriage she was still saying 'please' and 'thank you.' She taught math at Campolindo High School for twenty years and then became a paralegal. She was long involved in church music, for the last five years choir director and organist at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Pleasant Hill. She is survived by her husband and stepchildren, John Burdick of Stockton, CA, Ruth Burdick of Washington, DC, and Richard (Rebecca) Burdick of Regina, Sask., Canada, and two stepgrandsons. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister Nadine McConnell. Her memorial service will be at Church of the Resurrection, 399 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. She will be buried at Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, in her family plot.