WILKES, Robert 1913-1987
WILKES, DOERR, CALLAHAN, CARPENTER, DENOYELLES, HILL
Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 2/11/2012 at 12:43:40
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Funeral services were held Saturday, February 14, 1987 at United Methodist Church, Osage for Robert Wilkes, 73, of Osage. Mr. Wilkes died Thursday, February 12, 1987 at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Riceville.
Mr. Wilkes was a retired cattle buyer for many years in the Osage, Riceville and Decorah (?) areas.
He was born October 22, 1913 at Leaf River, Illinois to Robert J. and Mary Carpenter Wilkes. He moved to Riceville with his parents as an infant. He attended Riceville schools and graduated from Riceville High School in 1931 and from Iowa State University in 1937. He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Betty, of Osage, four sons, Robert C., of Cedar Rapids, Richard of Minneapolis, John of Decorah, and Thomas of West Union, and two stepsons, Craig Callahan and Michael Callahan; nine grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Rudy ([Mary] Leone) Doerr of Osage.
[ Mitchell County Press ]
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#2:United States Social Security Death Index:
Robert Wilkes
birth: 22 October 1913
death: February 1987, Mitchell Co., Iowa----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTES:His mother was: Mary Lucille (Carpenter) Wilkes--
Birth: Mar. 27, 1892, Mitchell County, Iowa.
Death: Apr., 1977, Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa.
Iowa Births and christenings:
Name: Mary Lucille Carpenter
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1892
Birth Place: Mitchell County, Iowa
Father's Name: Fred Carpenter
Mother's Name: Mary Hardy
FHL Film Number: 1502984(Credit: DM Scott)
----------------------------Social Security Death Index:
Name: Mary Wilkes
Last Residence: 50461 Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, Born: 27 Mar 1892
Died: Apr 1977
SSN issued: Iowa (1963)(Credit: DM Scott)
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Parents:
Frederick J. Carpenter (1857-1938)
Mary A. Hardy Carpenter (1861-1900)Spouse:
Robert John Wilkes (1891-1983)Children:
Robert Wilkes (1913-1987) [subject of this obituary]
Mary Leone Wilkes Doerr (1915-2001)
Frederick Mason Wilkes (1918-1986)Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Riceville, Mitchell County, Iowa.
(Credit: DM Scott)
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Robert's first wife was: Emily (DeNoyelles) Wilkes; his second wife was Betty (nee) Hill -- married James Callahan, then married Robert Wilkes.(Credit: DM Scott)
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