GILMANTON IRON WORKS ---- Susan Diane Burdett, 71, of Crystal Lake Road, found peace at home on Saturday, February 3, 2024, from her battle with Aphasia - Frontal Temporal Dementia (FTD) with Peter by her side.
Susan was born on January 9, 1953, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Rolland and Sarah (Dowling) Connell.
Susie was a dedicated military Navy wife, a veteran of many deployments, and a physical therapist aide with Concord Hospital. In retirement, she loved spending more time with her children and grandchildren, swimming in Crystal Lake in Gilmanton Iron Works every summer.
She devoted much of her free time volunteering with the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and other efforts in the local community such as the Breast Cancer Walk each Spring. Susie danced with the competitive Champion adult tap dancing team at the Concord Dance Academy for fifteen years. She loved the many friends she made in all of her activities.
Susan is survived by her beloved husband of 48 years, Peter Burdett, sons John Burdett and his wife Lauren and Thomas Burdett, daughters Rebekah Burdett and Deborah Burdett Schumacher, five grandchildren, Owen Baker, Evan Baker, Caleb Schumacher, Grace Schumacher, and Cora Burdett, brothers Ronnie Connell and Rusty Connell and his wife Kellye, and sisters Sherrie Botwin and her husband Brad and Sallie Marker and her husband Dan. She is predeceased by her parents.
At this time there will be no services. A summer celebration of her life is being planned.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services/603Cremations.com, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH, 03246, is assisting the family with arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, please visit wilkinsonbeane.com.