Herbert D. Atkinson (1959)
ATKINSON, CARSON, DUTTON, MELONE, STEELE
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:09
The Des Moines Tribune
Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, June 9, 1959
Page 7, Column 1H. D. Atkinson Is Dead at 65
Herbert D. Atkinson, 65, of 1229 Geil ave., was pronounced dead Monday night on arrival at Iowa Methodist Hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home.
Born in Clarke County, Mr. Atkinson had lived in Des Moines 43 years. He had been a member of maintenance staff at Maple Grove School for the last 20 years.
Services are being arranged at the Hamilton Funeral Home.
Surviving are his widow, Marie; two daughters, Mrs. Paul Melone of Peoria, Ill., and Mrs. Robert Dutton of Red Oak; two sisters, Mrs. Emery Steele and Mrs. Marie Carson of Osceola; two brothers, Donald of Osceola and Dale of Leon, and seven grandchildren.
________________________The Des Moines Tribune
Des Moines, Iowa
Wednesday, June 10, 1959
Page 4, Column 3H. D. Atkinson Services Set
Services for Herbert D. Atkinson, 65, of 1229 Gail ave., a custodian at Maple Grove School, will be at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Hamilton Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Atkinson was pronounced dead of a heart attack Monday on arrival at Iowa Methodist Hospital.
He had lived here 43 years and had been an employee of the Des Moines school board 20 years.
________________________Transcriber's note: Contrary to the obituary, the Madison County Birth Records show him to be born in Ohio Township, Madison County in 1894.
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