Richard Edward “Dick” Burdick, 83
News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Richard Edward “Dick” Burdick was born March 4, 1940 to Clyde Edward Burdick and Gertrude Mae Becker in Grand Island, NE. He attended kindergarten in Chadron, NE. That summer the family moved to Ainsworth, NE, where he attended the first grade at Ainsworth Elementary School. He graduated from Ainsworth High School with the Class of 1958. Shortly after graduation, Dick went to Oregon to work for relatives there. Returning in the fall, he attended McCook Junior College. While his parents were working and living in Ethiopia, he lived with them for a time and attended college there for a semester. Later, he also attended Hastings Community College in Hastings, NE where he took Basic Drafting and Mechanical Drafting.