Washington County, OK - Obituary - Effie Dunkin - d525 ------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by Shirley Larson laurco@mail.ez-sys.net ----------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Bartlesville, Washington County -- July 27, 1976 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Effie DUNKIN Dies: services will be on Thursday Mrs. Efie Pearl DUNKIN 82 a resident of the Bartlesville area since 1915 died at 11:05 p.m. on Saturday in the Heritage Manor after an extended ilness. Mrs.DUNKIN was born in Salt Lake City Utah, Aug 9 1893 and as a child made her home with her parents in Garland TX, where she was reared and recieved her education prior to the family's move to Ft.Smith Ark. As a young woman, she was married to Mr. Benjamin M. DUNKIN in Ft.smith in Sept 1913. They moved to Bartlesville in 1915 where DUNKIN was employed by the National Zinc Company for a number of years and later inlife became active with the Salvation Army, retiring from activity in 1956. Mr. DUNKIN died in 1969 and Mrs. DUNKIN has made her home in Bartlesville since that time. She has been in failing helath for the past several years and has made her home in the Heritage Manor for the past five years. She was a member of the Salvation Army Church. She is survived by one son, C.W.DUNKIN, Port Hueneme Ca, four daughters, Mrs. Mae MINOR, Parsons KS, Mrs. George (Mary) MINOR, Denver Co. Mrs. Bill (Jean) DIVINE, also of Parsons KS and Mrs. Claude (Mildred) SUTHERLAND and 26 grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp Funeral Home with Brig. John R.Davis, retired Salvation Army officer as the officiant with interment to be in the White Rose Cemetery