Jean Burdick, age 82, of Redwood Falls, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019 at the St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 am on Friday, October 25, 2019, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Redwood Falls, with Burial to follow in the Redwood Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 until 7 pm Thursday, October 24, 2019, at the Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home in Redwood Falls. Visitation will continue on Friday, October 25, 2019, at the church from 9:30 until 10:30 am.
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Jean Burdick was born on November 17, 1936 to Leslie and Ila (Nielsen) Dallman in Lucan, Minnesota. She grew up in Lucan and Sudan areas, attending Lucan school. Jean married Marferd Clark Burdick, they lived in North Redwood and rural North Redwood while raising their 7 children.
Jean worked at Puzzle Craft for about 15 years and Jackpot Junction for 15 years finally retiring at age 78, she never really retired from babysitting her beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved to garden, play bingo, decorating (she could put bling on anything), and traveling with family to all sorts of fun places. Jean especially loved her family, her greatest joy. She enjoyed being the organizer of all the family events and planning the food. She will be dearly missed.
Jean is survived by her children, Clark Burdick of Redwood Falls, Clyde (Debra) Burdick of St. Cloud, Diana (Brian) Batzlaff of Belgrade, Laurie (Kevin) Zieske of Morgan, Kimberly (William) Lund of Morgan, and Susan (Paul) Swoboda of Redwood Falls. Jean is survived by 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Siblings-Loren (Darlene) Dallman of Redwood Falls and Debra (Chad) Christensen of Morgan.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Leslie and Ila, her former husband, Marferd Burdick, son and daughter in law, Ronald (Vicki) Burdick, siblings, Norman (Zandra) Dallman, Lavon (Clifford) Olson and Marilyn (Tom) Fischer.
Blessed be her memory.