Helen High Burdick

Helen High Burdick, longtime resident of Weston, passed away suddenly on April 4, 2019. Born in New Haven, CT on February 26,1920 and growing up in New Jersey. Helen had just celebrated her 99th birthday. She is predeceased by her parents, Harold and Bessie Griffin High, an infant daughter Kathleen Burdick, her sister Elisabeth High MacClarence, and her dear cousin Janet Griffin O'Connell. Helen graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1941 after which she spent a year working with Native Americans in North Dakota. After having a family, she had a career in Public Relations in Connecticut and Vermont. She was a lifelong lover of music, playing the organ and singing in many choirs over the years. Her pride and joy in retirement was revitalizing Weston's Church on the Hill by opening every summer for services accompanied by her organ playing. She was also instrumental in establishing a summer musical concert series that continues today. She is survived by her two daughters, Karen Burdick Elliott and husband Blair of Simsbury, CT, and Catherine Burdick Mattheis and husband Bernd of Cheshire CT. She will also be missed by her constant friend John Coughlin and family, her cousin Barbara O'Connell and her beloved niece Betsy MacClarence Steenken. In addition she leaves 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held in Weston during the early Summer. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Neighborhood Connections or the VNA of Rutland, c/o Brewster-Shea Funeral Home P.O. Box 885 Manchester Center, VT 05255. A Celebration of Life will be held in Weston during the early Summer. Burial will be private.