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Harry Avery Burdick

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Harry Avery Burdick

Birth
Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
16 Aug 1982 (aged 88)
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Worship
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obituary in the Tribune

Mr. Burdick was an organist at Chapel of the Chimes for 17 years until he retired in 1963. He came to Oakland in 1945 as organist-director of Piedmont Community Church and Chimes. He also had been an organist for California Masonic Lodge #1 of San Francisco and was active in the San Francisco Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Not only did Mr. Burdick play for funeral services and weddings, but Chapel of the Chimes broadcast organ concerts on radio station KRE several times weekly He was a veteran of World War I and II and had attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army.
thanks to contributor: Bernard
obituary in the Tribune

Mr. Burdick was an organist at Chapel of the Chimes for 17 years until he retired in 1963. He came to Oakland in 1945 as organist-director of Piedmont Community Church and Chimes. He also had been an organist for California Masonic Lodge #1 of San Francisco and was active in the San Francisco Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Not only did Mr. Burdick play for funeral services and weddings, but Chapel of the Chimes broadcast organ concerts on radio station KRE several times weekly He was a veteran of World War I and II and had attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army.
thanks to contributor: Bernard


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  • Created by: B J
  • Added: May 15, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239769119/harry_avery-burdick: accessed ), memorial page for Harry Avery Burdick (2 Aug 1894–16 Aug 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 239769119, citing Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA; Maintained by B J (contributor 47696812).