Henry Gardener Atkins

Male 1913 - 1984  (70 years)


 

Atkins, Henry

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[Atkins, Henry G.]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    March 1, 1984    p. 8

Henry G. Atkins, 71, Last Rites Were Held In Kansas

Funeral services for Henry G. Atkins, 71, of Newton, Ks., February 17, were held in St. John’s Lutheran Church in Ellinwood, Kansas.  Mr. Atkins died February 14, 1984 in Newton.  Interment was at Greenwood Cemetery in Newton.

Henry G. Atkins, son of Charles H. [enry] and Jennie Blanche Goff Atkins, was born in Polk Township February 4, 1913.  He spent his first 22 years in Mason Township in Taylor County.

In 1935 he moved to Newton, Kansas, where he worked in the oil fields.  He had been with the Aladdin Oil Company for 34 years and had been retired just two weeks when he died.

He was married in 1938 and his wife, Elizabeth, survives him.

Others left to cherish his memory are two married daughters:  Kay Buck, Franklin, Louisiana, and Shirley Sturd, Wichita, Kansas; six grandchildren; one great grandchild; four sisters: Berniece Bordner Bayless, Clarinda, Mrs. Elmo (Dorothy) Johnson, Clarinda, Mrs. Max (Lucille) Talbot, Council Bluffs, Ia. And Betty Simon, Charleston, Ill.; nieces, nephews; cousins, including Mrs. Elvin Beemer [Margaret], a first cousin; and a host of friends.

Henry will be missed by all who knew him and loved him.


Owner/SourceHarvey County Genealogical Society
Date7 Apr 2014
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