William (Bill) Burditt, one of the founding members of the modern-day Canadian Staff Band, has been summoned home to be with the Lord he loved and served through a lifetime of musical and spiritual ministry. From 1969 to 1976, Bill demonstrated his versatility by playing B flat bass in the staff band under Major Norman Bearcroft, while at the same time playing soprano cornet at Hamilton's Argyle Citadel, where his son Brian had succeeded him as bandmaster. Bill later joined the CSB cornet section when Captain Robert Redhead took over the group and continued to play with the band until 1985. In more recent years, despite a prolonged battle with ill health, he enjoyed playing with The Salvation Army's Heritage Brass (formerly Ontario Central Reservist Band). Bill was the first of three generations of Burditts to serve in the CSB. His son Brian, also a founding member, served as staff bandmaster for 19 years, and his grandson Andrew is a present member. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Burditt family in their loss.