Fr. Fabian Burdiek, O.F.M., 92, of St. Paul, MN, formerly of Seneca, KS, died Thursday, March 20, 2003, at the Little Sisters of the Poor retirement home in St. Paul, MN.
He was born September 16, 1910, on a farm southwest of Seneca, the son of Henry and Berdiena Feldkamp Burdiek. He attended the Diamond School, Sts. Peter & Paul School, and helped on the family farm.
In 1932 he joined the Franciscan Order at Teutopolis, Illinois, where he served as a Brother. In 1974 he was ordained as a Franciscan priest at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca by Archbishop Ignatius J. Strecker. Fr. Fabian served as an associate pastor at St. Augustine Church in Chicago and at St. Agnes Church at Ashland, Wisconsin. He was a chaplain at Mayslake Village in Oak Brook, Illinois, and a hospital chaplain at Sacred Heart in St. Paul. He had been a resident at the Little Sisters of the Poor in St. Paul since 1984 when he retired.
Survivors are a sister, Anna Kruse of St. Joseph, MO and a brother, Joseph Burdick of Seneca. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ben Burdiek, on December 17, 1978, and Frank Burdiek on October 10, 1979; and a sister, Sr. Julitta Burdick, O.S.B. on November 19, 1993.
The mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, March 26, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in the church cemetery. The rosary will be prayed at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca at 7 P.M. Tuesday.
He was born September 16, 1910, on a farm southwest of Seneca, the son of Henry and Berdiena Feldkamp Burdiek. He attended the Diamond School, Sts. Peter & Paul School, and helped on the family farm.
In 1932 he joined the Franciscan Order at Teutopolis, Illinois, where he served as a Brother. In 1974 he was ordained as a Franciscan priest at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca by Archbishop Ignatius J. Strecker. Fr. Fabian served as an associate pastor at St. Augustine Church in Chicago and at St. Agnes Church at Ashland, Wisconsin. He was a chaplain at Mayslake Village in Oak Brook, Illinois, and a hospital chaplain at Sacred Heart in St. Paul. He had been a resident at the Little Sisters of the Poor in St. Paul since 1984 when he retired.
Survivors are a sister, Anna Kruse of St. Joseph, MO and a brother, Joseph Burdick of Seneca. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ben Burdiek, on December 17, 1978, and Frank Burdiek on October 10, 1979; and a sister, Sr. Julitta Burdick, O.S.B. on November 19, 1993.
The mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, March 26, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in the church cemetery. The rosary will be prayed at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca at 7 P.M. Tuesday.
Fr. Fabian Burdiek, O.F.M., 92, of St. Paul, MN, formerly of Seneca, KS, died Thursday, March 20, 2003, at the Little Sisters of the Poor retirement home in St. Paul, MN.
He was born September 16, 1910, on a farm southwest of Seneca, the son of Henry and Berdiena Feldkamp Burdiek. He attended the Diamond School, Sts. Peter & Paul School, and helped on the family farm.
In 1932 he joined the Franciscan Order at Teutopolis, Illinois, where he served as a Brother. In 1974 he was ordained as a Franciscan priest at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca by Archbishop Ignatius J. Strecker. Fr. Fabian served as an associate pastor at St. Augustine Church in Chicago and at St. Agnes Church at Ashland, Wisconsin. He was a chaplain at Mayslake Village in Oak Brook, Illinois, and a hospital chaplain at Sacred Heart in St. Paul. He had been a resident at the Little Sisters of the Poor in St. Paul since 1984 when he retired.
Survivors are a sister, Anna Kruse of St. Joseph, MO and a brother, Joseph Burdick of Seneca. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ben Burdiek, on December 17, 1978, and Frank Burdiek on October 10, 1979; and a sister, Sr. Julitta Burdick, O.S.B. on November 19, 1993.
The mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, March 26, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in the church cemetery. The rosary will be prayed at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca at 7 P.M. Tuesday.
He was born September 16, 1910, on a farm southwest of Seneca, the son of Henry and Berdiena Feldkamp Burdiek. He attended the Diamond School, Sts. Peter & Paul School, and helped on the family farm.
In 1932 he joined the Franciscan Order at Teutopolis, Illinois, where he served as a Brother. In 1974 he was ordained as a Franciscan priest at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca by Archbishop Ignatius J. Strecker. Fr. Fabian served as an associate pastor at St. Augustine Church in Chicago and at St. Agnes Church at Ashland, Wisconsin. He was a chaplain at Mayslake Village in Oak Brook, Illinois, and a hospital chaplain at Sacred Heart in St. Paul. He had been a resident at the Little Sisters of the Poor in St. Paul since 1984 when he retired.
Survivors are a sister, Anna Kruse of St. Joseph, MO and a brother, Joseph Burdick of Seneca. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ben Burdiek, on December 17, 1978, and Frank Burdiek on October 10, 1979; and a sister, Sr. Julitta Burdick, O.S.B. on November 19, 1993.
The mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, March 26, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. The burial will be in the church cemetery. The rosary will be prayed at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca at 7 P.M. Tuesday.
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