A memorial service for Arthur I. Burgess, 65, of Sagamore Beach, a retired social studies and driver education teacher at North Quincy High School, was held at Wollaston Baptist Church.  Mr. Burgess died on March 29, 1987, in Plymouth after a long illness.

He lived in Braintree and Quincy before moving to Sagamore Beach.

Mr. Burgess served on a committee under President Eisenhower’s Safety Education Program, preparing material used as criteria in a national driver education program.

He was a teacher at North Quincy High School for 32 years before he retired because of illness in 1980.

A 1940 graduate of Thayer Academy, he was also graduated from Colgate University in 1943 and received a master’s degree in education from Boston University.

Mr. Burgess served in World War II with the 69^th Infantry Division and the Judge Advocate General in the European Theater of Operations.

He is survived by his wife M. Louise (Evans) Burgess, a son John E. Burgess of Phoenix, a daughter, Cynthia Leone of Sagamore, a brother Donald W. Burgess of Wollaston, a sister, Martha B. Brumgardner of Kingston, and a granddaughter, Kristen Leone of Sagamore.