ELKINS, Demas David 1879 - 1962

ELKINS, SAXE

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 11/7/2021 at 16:43:58

"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Tuesday, February 13, 1962
Page 8, Column 3

Rites Pending For Dave ELKINS

Demeces David ELKINS, 82, long-time resident of Jefferson county, died early this morning at the Jefferson county home where he had been a patient for the past several years.

The body is at the Raymond funeral home where last rites are pending.

Demeces David ELKINS was born April 22, 1879. He spent several years as a farm laborer in the Fairfield community before his health failed him. Before coming to Fairfield he lived at New London.

He is survived by one son, Orville ELKINS, Mission, Texas, also two brothers and a sister.

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in the Public Grounds section, Row 29, Space 28. His wife was Mabel Alexander SAXE who died January 27, 1960, in Mission, TX, and was buried in Sharon Cemetery there.