Muriel Burgin Obituary

BARRE CITY - Muriel Beverly Burgin, 86, of Upland Avenue, died Jan. 12, 2011, at Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 10, 1924, in West Topsham she was the only child of Ralph W. and Dorothy (Lincoln) Burgin.

Muriel graduated from Spaulding High School in 1942. She worked in the Montpelier office of Green Mountain Power Corporation and, beginning in 1955, for the Vermont Department of Employment Security, retiring in 1981.

A faithful member of the First Baptist Church of Barre for many years, she served as the benevolence treasurer, as a Sunday school teacher, and on the missions committee, among other positions.

Muriel loved Vermont's countryside, and Ocean Park, Maine; she also enjoyed hunting, fishing, and cutting wood on her beloved woodlot in Topsham, as well as gardening, snowshoeing, reading and her Scottish heritage.

She is survived by an aunt, Sadie Bruleigh, of Groton, and several cousins, including Peggy Ann Burgin of Groton, Parker Burgin and his wife, Dinah, of Wimberly, Texas, Gary Mandelburg and his wife, Meg, of Quaker Hills, Conn., Christopher Hall, of West Topsham, and Joanne Lincoln. She is also survived by more distant cousins, Lisa (Burgin) Doherty and her husband, Bobby, of Driftwood, Texas, and Todd Burgin, of New Braunfels, Texas.

Muriel will be missed by many friends, including, Linda Boyd of Plainfield, Shirley Clark of Barre City, Judy McKay of Orange, Carolyn Wilson, of Essex Junction and Gail Cumming and Dawn Basner, both of Barre Town.

Her funeral service will be held at the First Baptist Church of Barre Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, at 11 a.m. Family and friends will receive visitors at the church prior to the service, from 9 to 10:15 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 98, Barre, VT 05641 or the Kidney Dialysis Center of Central Vermont Medical Center, P.O. Box 547, Barre, VT 05641.

Later interment will be made in the Village Cemetery in West Topsham.

The Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy St., Barre is in charge of the arrangements.