Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Parkins, Arthur Bates March 13, 2005
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The Tehachapi News 
Arthur Bates Parkins
July 31, 1918 – March 13, 2005

Arthur Bates Parkins was born July 31, 1918 to Arthur Parkins and Orlinda 
Kroetzsch in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Rachel Emanuelson on Nov. 22, 1939, 
in Yuma, Ariz. 

Parkins served in the U.S. Army in 1944 and 1945 during World War II, 
receiving the Purple Heart. He later became a general manager and vice 
president in the building materials industry for 35 years.

He was a past resident of Tehachapi.

Arthur was a Rotarian, a Kern County grand jury foreman and a member of the 
Grand Jury Association.

He is survived by his wife, Rachel, now living in Indio; daughter,Vicki Doreen 
Campolimi of Arroyo Grande; sons, Arthur B. Parkins III of Cypress and Barry 
L. Parkins of La Quinta; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Alberta F. Parkins of Worrall, Ind. in 
1991.

Services were held Wednesday, March 16, at Southwest Community Church in 
Indian Wells; burial was at San Gabriel Cemetery.

The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 
1939, Palm Desert, CA 92261.


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