Norman Clifton Burdick

Norman Clifton Burdick, died Oct. 27, 2007, in Edgewater, Fla. He was the husband of Carmela Arnone Rose Burdick and the late Margaret (Christiansen) Burdick.
Born Oct. 12, 1916, in Stonington, he was the son of the late Clarence and Mina (Sugden) Burdick.
A graduate of Stonington High School in 1933, he married Margaret Christiansen in April 1945, losing her to cancer in January 1966. He married Carmela Arnone Rose in August 1967.
Retired from The Westerly Sun in 1978, he spent his retirement years between Westerly and Port Orange, Fla.
He enjoyed watching "his" Red Sox play, reading, playing cards and games, music, writing poetry, golf, shuffle board, bowling.
Over the past several years, he traveled to England to see the home of his ancestors and toured the western United States, celebrating his 85th birthday with a hot air balloon ride, his 90th birthday by jumping out of a plane, and he had planned to celebrate his 95th birthday with a ride in a race car at Daytona International Speedway.
This past summer, they celebrated his and Carmela's 40th wedding anniversary with a renewal of vows and a party given by their children.
He is the father of Judith Pelters of Nashville, Tenn., and the late Jude Burdick; stepfather of Bruce Rose of North Stonington, Kenneth Rose, Dean Rose and Cammie Steele, all of Edgewater, Fla., and Bette DeFusco and Kathleen Traskos, both of Westerly; brother of Beverly Frenette of Arizona and of the late Donald Burdick and Virginia Wilcox. He is survived by 20 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, at St. Pius X Church, Westerly. Burial will be private.
Donations may be made to Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, 3800 Woodbriar Trail, Port Orange, FL 32129.