Wahkiakum Eagle-October 2003

BURDICK, Traverse 'Shadow'
	
  Age 90, died at Puget Island.  He was born in Powell, Wyo.  He moved 
to Big Fork, Mont., in 1913 and spent much of his life in various areas 
of that state before settling in the Bellingham area where he met and 
married Irene 'Boots' around 1940.  The Burdick six children were born 
and raised in that area.
  During World War II he served in the Army at Bericia, Calif., in the 
San Francisco area.  They returned to Bellingham later.
  In 1948 the family moved to a Cathlamet area dairy farm where he 
worked for a few years before becoming employed by Crown Zellerbach as 
a boomboat operator at the sorting yard.
  The Burdicks lived at Puget Island, Naselle and Cathlamet.  After his 
wife died in 1991 he lived a few years at Acme, and returned to live at 
Eagle Point Village until he moved to an eldercare home for his final 
two years.
  Survivors include daughters, Meritia Sturtz, JoAnn Gust, Margie 
Moore, Patricia Sundahl, Trena Ash and a son, Travis and their spouses 
and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a sister, Sue 
Gwaltney; a brother, Henry Howe; a special loved one Gloria Armstrong 
and caregiver Beth Lorenzo.
  Burial at the cemetery was Thursday with Pastor Cliff Weimer 
officiating.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.

Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa.
01 September 1913-10 October 2003
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2007 from 
original newspaper collection.)