Calhoun-Barry County MI Archives Obituaries.....Corkins, Gilbert J. December 18, 1993 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis -- July 26, 2007, 9:14 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Dec. 20, 1993 Gilbert J. Corkins, 74, of Nashville, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 1993, in Battle Creek Health System/Lelia Site. He was born April 7, 1919, in Battle Creek to Fredrick and Jeanette (Wheat) Corkins. He attended Battle Creek Central High School. He was employed at Eaton Corp. and A-B Stove Co. in Battle Creek and retired from E. W. Bliss Co. in Hastings in 1981 after 30 years of service. He was a member and past master of Nashville Masonic Lodge 255, F&A.M., and Royal Arch Masons, Zion Chapter, Nashville. he was a former member of the Dad's Club of the Nashville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. He attended Vermontville Bible Church and was a member of the Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Silver Springs, Fla. where he and his wife had spent their winters the past 12 years. He married the former Huldey A. Van Alstine in Battle Creek on June 6, 1942. They spent most of their married life in Nashville. She survives. Mr. Corkins enjoyed fishing, hunting, reading and his family. Also surviving are a son Frederick R., of Vermontville, and a daughter, Judith Jenkins of Elkhart, Ind.; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister, Olive Van Order of Battle Creek. He was proceeded in death by isx brothers and two sisters. Services: 3 p.m. today at the Maple Valley Chapel-Genther Funeral Home, Nashville, with the Rev. Dan Smitth and the nashvilel Masonic Lodge Officiating. Memorials: Putnam Library, Nashville. Additional Comments: Lakeview Cemetery, Castleton Township, Barry County, MI File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/calhoun/obits/c/corkins87ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb