BURRILL - ASA BURDETT - Dedham

Aug. 10, 1904
Bar Harbor Record

Asa Burdett Burrill, youngest son of the late Asa C. and Nancy Blaisdell Burrill of Dedham, died at his home in Brockton, Mass. July 14 of typhoid fever, aged 36 years, 2 months and 16 days.  His death came as a great shock to his relatives here as tidings from him had been quite encouraging until seventy four hours before his death, when a telegram was received saying there had been a change for the worse.  His mother and brother, E.W. Burrill, started at once, hoping to reach there in time to see him alive but were too late as he passed away at 4 o'clock, Sunday morning, a few hours before they arrived.
On Monday afternoon funeral srvices were held at his late residence, conducted by Rev, Edwin P. Moulton of the Free Baptist Church, who spoke in kindly terms of the deceased. 
Mr. Burrill was ambitious and enterprising, of excellent character and pleasing address and found friends wherever he went.  He had a great love for music for which he had a decided talent.  In October 1887 he was married to Miss Lizzie  Eldredge of East Bucksport and a few years after they moved to Ellsworth, where he was a valued employee in the B.E. Cole shoe factory for about seven years, leaving there in 1897.  Four years ago they went to Brockton where he went into business for himself and in which he was successful.
He leaves a wife, a mother, Mrs Nancy Burrill, two brothers, H.P. and E.W. Burrill of Dedham, and three sisters, Mrs. Emma Fogg.  Mrs. Marcia Blood of East Bucksport, Mrs. Nellie Turner of Brewer.  Among the floral tributes was a  standing cresent with "Husband" from the wife, a cresent of ivy and roses from the brothers and sisters;  and included in those from friends in Brockton was a standing anchor and dove from neighbors and friends;  spray pinks and roses from First Baptist Church;  spray pinks  Mr. and Mrs. Percy Burrill, baskets Mrs. Chandler Ross;  Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Andrews, and Mr. and Mrs. G.F. Braton;  double spray of sweet peas each J.R. Ryder, Mr and Mrs. M.E. Stevens and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Frame and many more from children and others.  The funeral was directed bu Jesse Black and the bearers were A.P. Maddox, Cyrus Swett, Leonard Black and George Brewster.  The interment was in the family lot in Union cemetery.