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Born in Warsaw, Indiana at Kosciusko Community Hospital on Tuesday, March 03, 1987 at 11:22 pm. He weighed 6lbs. 9oz. and was 21 1/2" long. I thought he was the most beautiful baby ever born. |
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| August 1987 |
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Burdett was 6 mos. old and still wearing newborn clothes. We couldn't understand why he wasn't gaining weight and kept having projectile vomiting. Shortly after this picture we were referred to a pediatric specialist who discovered he needed medicine to calm his stomach so that the food would stay down. After that he gained weight like a champ and was fine. |
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| 1987 |
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1st Christmas December 25, 1987, 9 mos. old. First picture with Santa. He was happy until he felt Santa's beard and turned around to see what it was and let out a war whoop! That ended the picture taking for that day! Sure glad he didn't get so upset he never wanted to sit on Santa's lap again. |
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| 1988 |
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1st Birthday March 3, 1988 |
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| 1988 |
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Baptized on Easter 1988 13 mos. old. He was baptized at St. Anne's Episcopal Church by Fr. Michael Basden. |
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| Paula & Burdett 1988 |
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Burdett was 15 mos. old. |
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| 1988 |
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Christmas December 25, 1988 Burdett got a potty chair for christmas and decided it worked better on his head. 21 mos. old. |
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| 1989 |
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March 3, 1989 2nd birthday. |
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| July 1989 |
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Burdett holding his sister Trista. I don't think she was too happy about it but Burdett sure was. |
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| 1990 |
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March 3, 1990 3rd birthday. |
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| Summer 1991 |
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This was taken aboout the time I adopted Burdett and changed his last name to Wappes. Burdett was 4 yrs old. |
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| 1991 |
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Christmas December 25, 1991 4 yrs old. This was our first christmas after I adopted him on Sept. 20, 1991 and he became my son. Even though he was my natural grandson. |
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| 1992 |
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March 3, 1992 5 yrs old. |
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| 1992 Cedar Point Amusement Park |
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This was the first big outing we had after I adopted him. He had such fun on the rides and the highlight of the day was when he sat next to Papa Bear as the Berenstein Bears was one of his favorite books. |
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| 1992 |
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Kids Konnection Preschool 1992-1993 |
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| 1992 |
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October 31, 1992, Halloween. I made this costume for him, he wanted to be the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. |
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| 1993 |
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Kindergarten at Leesburg Elementary 1993-1994. His teacher was Mrs. Delp |
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| 1993 |
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October 31, 1993, Halloween. Little Lawney 2 and Burdett 6. Lawney was a ghost and Burdett was a construction worker. |
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| 1994 |
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He was in the soccer league this summer. He wanted to kick the ball so bad that when he did and the kids would run after it he would fall down and lay there. First time that happened, his coach thought he was hurt and ran over to him. When it was discovered that he was fine, everytime after that, his coach would tell him to get up and run after the ball. We laughed about that so much! Lisa video taped his first game and we got a real 'kick' out of watching him fall down....What a ham!! |
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| 1994 |
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1st grade at Jefferson Elementary in Winona Lake 1994-1995. His teacher was Miss Pam Felton. |
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| 1995 Paula, Michael, Trista & Burdett |
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Burdett 8, Trista 6, Michael 4, when this picture was taken with Paula. Burdett had gotten braces shortly before this picture and he loved to show them off! He thought they made him look so cool since the bands were all different colors. |
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| 1995 |
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2nd grade at Jefferson Elementary 1995-1996. His teacher was Mrs. Deb Demuth. |
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| 1996 |
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3rd grade at Jefferson Elementary 1996-1997. His teacher was Miss Staci Smith. |
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| 1997 |
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4th grade at Jefferson Elementary1997-1998. His teacher was Mrs. Martha Buehler. |
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| 1997 |
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Burdett and Little Lawney were taking piano lessons from Alin Cass at St. Anne's. Burdett wasn't much for practicing but he played well. |
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| 1998 |
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Warsaw Little League. Burdett was an outfielder for the Reds, he was # 14. The sponsor was Noon Optimist Club. 11 yrs old. |
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| 1998 |
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5th grade at Jefferson Elementary 1998-1999. His teacher was Mr. Eric Demorest. |
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| 1999 |
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Warsaw Little League. Burdett was a catcher for the Yankees, he was # 23, his coach was Scott Long and the sponsor was Lake City Bank. 12 yrs old. |
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| 1999 |
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6th grade at Jefferson Elementary 1999-2000. His teachers were Mr. Eric Demorest and Mrs. Martha Buehler. |
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| 2000 |
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Burdett and Mr. Dennis Duncan, Principal at Jefferson Elementary on the occasion of Burdett's 6th grade graduation. |
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| 2000 |
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Warsaw Little League, Sr/Minor division. Burdett was a catcher for the Cardinals. 13 yrs old. |
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| 2000 |
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Burdett taking a break from sledding on the snow at a park in Winona Lake. |
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| 2000 |
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7th grade at Lakeview Middle School 2000-2001. |
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| 2001 |
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Paula, Chauncey & Burdett in front of El Arriero one of Burdett's favorite restaurants. |
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| 2001 |
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Michael and Burdett got snowed in with Paula and Chauncey in Illinois on their way to Mississippi for Christmas break 2001. Michael 10, Burdett 14. |
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| 2002 |
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15th birthday, March 3, 2002. Celebrated at Eastlake Skate in Warsaw |
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| 2002 Jacob, Lawney II, Sandy & Burdett |
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This picture was taken with their Greataunt Sandy at the nursing home in Wabash. Jacob 5, Lawney 11, Burdett 15. When Sandy had her own home, before she got so sick, Burdett would go stay over night with her. They were very close. |
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| 2002 |
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Burdett running on the beach in Florida. May 2002. Paula says this picture reminds her of 'Baywatch'. I have to agree. What a physique!! Burdett started 'pumping iron' at this time....Paula and Chauncey gave him a weight bench and he put it to good use. |
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| 2002 |
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Christmas 2002, Burdett got his class ring. Unfortunately, he lost it a few weeks later and never recovered it. |
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| 2002 |
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Trista, Michael & Burdett looking at a christmas present. |
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| 2003 |
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December 24, 2003, Christmas Eve. Nintendo Gameboy game that Burdett wanted for christmas, and guess what....he got it! |
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| 2003 |
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This is one of my most cherished pictures of Burdett. He had the most beautiful smile. It just lit up his whole face! Shortly after this picture was taken, Burdett was in a fatal car accident. One of his best friends, Mike Long, was driving the car when a panel truck pulled out in front of them and Mike died at the scene. We have named a star for both Burdett and Mike. They can be seen in the constellation Orion. We named Burdett's star 'Burdman' as that was his nickname. Burdett and Mike are together again in heaven and in the stars. |
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| 2004 |
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Feburary 12, 2004, Burdett and Annette prior to the Valentine Dinner Dance at St. Anne's Church where Burdett was a waiter along with the other members of the youth group. The money raised was to be used to go to Cedar Point in October. Little did we know that Burdett would not live long enough to join his friends on that excursion. |
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| 2004 |
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May 2004. Burdett was able to purchase this 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with the money he received as a result of a car accident he was involved in on January 2, 2004. His best friend was driving and was killed at the scene. We didn't know that we only had a few months left to cherish him. |
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| 2004 |
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Burdett and Amanda at her home, summer 2004. They had been playing a game of horseshoes with Paula and Tommy. Burdett's first serious girlfriend. |
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| October 12, 2004 |
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Burdett's obituary in Warsaw Times Union. |
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| 2004 |
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This is the last picture take of Burdett. He passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2004 at the age of 17y7m7d. Burdett was a Junior at Warsaw Community High School. He died in his sleep due to bi-lateral pneumonia. He had a drs appointment 2 days before he died and the doctor had prescribed an antibiotic, cough medicine and fever reducer as his temp was 103 at his office. |
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| 2004 |
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October 2004. This is an article written for the Warsaw Community High School paper a few days after Burdett passed away. I just loved this picture of him. It showed his beautiful smile, and the way his whole face lit up every time he smiled. The transcript of this article is located in His Legacy page of this website. |
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