Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Perkins, Dean R. May 1, 1957
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Lake Odessa Wave -Thursday May 16, 1957

DEAN PERKINS DIED SATURDAY
Dean R.Perkins, 87, passed away early Saturday morning at the Hallifax Hospital 
at Daytona Beach, Florida where he was taken Monday following a heart attack.

A retired C & O Railway Depot Agent, he had spent his winters in Florida since 
retiring 21 years ago.

A native of South Bryon, New York, he came with his parents Warren and Amelia 
Perkins to Salem, and came to Lake Odessa in 1913 as depot agent and telegraph 
operator for the Pere Marquette Railway, now the C & O, by whom he was employed 
for 51 years.

Mr. Perkins was a member of the local F&AM Lodge, past patron of OES, member of 
the Dewitt Clinton consistory of Grand Rapids and Brotherhood of Railway 
Trainmen.

He attended the Methodist Church

Surviving are two daughters, mrs.Alton (Marion) Klahn of Lake Odessa and 
Mrs.Frank (Enid) Morse of Ionia; two sons Russell of Cedar Springs and Warren of 
Plymouth; 9 grand children and 7 great-grandchildren.

His wife, the former Addie Atchinson passed away May 1st, 1944.

Mr.Perkins arrived here Monday forenoon at the Pickens Funeral Chapel where 
funeral services were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. under the auspices of the F&AM 
Lodge. Graveside services were held at the Walker Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. at 
Salem, Michigan.

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