Mrs. Joyce Will Burdick, 43, former society editor of The Post-Standard and wife of Arnold Burdick, executive sports editor of the Herald-Journal, died early yesterday in University Hospital after a long illness.
She was a member of a prominent Syracuse family and was Post-Standard society editor 12 years before her marriage. Her father, the late Howard C. Will, was president of Will & Baumer Candle Co. She resided at 117 Goodrich Ave.
Mrs. Burdick attended Goodyear-Burlingame School in Syracuse, where she joioned Delta Kappa sorority. She attended the Rosemary Hall preparatory school in Greenwich Conn, and graduated from Syracuse University in 1943 with a bachelor of science degree in home economics. While at SU she was affiliated with Alpha Phi national sorority.
She was a member of Park Central Presbyterian Church and was active in many civil and service organizations including the Junior League, YWCA Board, Syracuse Symphony, Syracuse Dispensary and Planned Parenthood Center.
Surviving besides her husband are a son, Richard Burdick; her mother, Mrs. Howard C. Will; two sisters, Mrs. Eugene Yeager and Miss Carol Will; a brother Howard A. Will.
Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Fairchild and Meech Funeral Chapel, 500 W. Onondaga St., the Rev. Bradford Pusey officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the YWCA Memorial fund.
Syracuse Post Standard, Thursday March 11, 1965, page 48
Mrs. Joyce Will Burdick, 43, former society editor of The Post-Standard and wife of Arnold Burdick, executive sports editor of the Herald-Journal, died early yesterday in University Hospital after a long illness.
She was a member of a prominent Syracuse family and was Post-Standard society editor 12 years before her marriage. Her father, the late Howard C. Will, was president of Will & Baumer Candle Co. She resided at 117 Goodrich Ave.
Mrs. Burdick attended Goodyear-Burlingame School in Syracuse, where she joioned Delta Kappa sorority. She attended the Rosemary Hall preparatory school in Greenwich Conn, and graduated from Syracuse University in 1943 with a bachelor of science degree in home economics. While at SU she was affiliated with Alpha Phi national sorority.
She was a member of Park Central Presbyterian Church and was active in many civil and service organizations including the Junior League, YWCA Board, Syracuse Symphony, Syracuse Dispensary and Planned Parenthood Center.
Surviving besides her husband are a son, Richard Burdick; her mother, Mrs. Howard C. Will; two sisters, Mrs. Eugene Yeager and Miss Carol Will; a brother Howard A. Will.
Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Fairchild and Meech Funeral Chapel, 500 W. Onondaga St., the Rev. Bradford Pusey officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the YWCA Memorial fund.
Syracuse Post Standard, Thursday March 11, 1965, page 48
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