Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Robert Ellington Atkin

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Pawhuska Journal - Capital
Volume 94, Number 78
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Page 2

Robert Ellington Atkin

Born:  February 28, 1910, at Pawhuska, OK
Died:  March 29, 2002, at the Pawhuska Nursing Home
Parents:  Mary Ellen (Mollie) Ellington Lester Atkin and John Drew Atkin, Sr.
Married 1:  Effie Ben Gold of San Antonio, TX, in 1941 (later divorced)
Married 2:  Parlee Vaughn
Married 3:  Cora Atkin
Married 4:  Pearl Atkin
Children:  Nicolene Atkin Austin and Robert Bruce Atkin
Employment:  Managed Paint and Glass Store; Service Station; Aviation Radio 
     Work
Military:  Joined Marines on Jan. 1, 1939; served during WWII in South 
     Pacific and Iceland
Preceded in death by:
Parents
Half-sisters - Mary Atkin Turner, Lois Lester McDaniel, Georgia Lester 
     Ferguson, Caroline Lester Loger
Half-brothers - John Drew Atkins, Jr., Ben Atkin, Walter (Butch) Atkin, 
     Jake Lester.
Survived by:
Children
Grandchildren - Alexander Gold Atkin and Christian Atkin
Wives - Cora Atkin and Pearl Atkin
Services:  Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 10 a.m. in Pawhuska Nursing Home
Miscellaneous:
Grew up on family farm near Grainola and in Pawhuska
Returned to Pawhuska in 1946 after WWII
Later lived in CA and returned to Pawhuska
Moved to Bartlesville in 1979 after death of wife, Parlee
Lived at Will Rogers Hotel in Claremore due to failing health
Returned to Pawhuska in 2000
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