Calkins, Vero 1905-1978

CALKINS, WANDERSCHEID

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Date: 11/12/2013 at 10:25:46

Vero Calkins

Vero D. Calkins, 72, Akron, died Sunday (April 16, 1978) at the Akron hospital after an apparent heart attack.

Services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Luedtke funeral home in Le Mars. The Rev. George McFadden officiated. Burial was in Calvary cemetery in Le Mars. The American Legion post 254, conducted military rites at graveside.

Mr. Calkins was born Oct. 28, 1905, in Craig, Iowa. He married Julia Wanderscheid August 9, 1941 in Rockport, Mo. He lived most his life in Plymouth county and moved to Akron in 1970 from Le Mars. He was a self employed plumber.

Survivors include his widow; five sons, David of Gentry, Ark., Jack of Akron, Spec. 7 Dean with the army in Germany, Terry of Amarillo, Texas, and Tom of Des Moines; two daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Sandi) Weatherford of Omaha, and Mrs. Douglas (Nancy) Osterbuhr of Le Mars; 19 grandchildren; a brother, Leland of Lincoln, and two sisters, Mrs. Leona Lubben of Denver and Mrs. Clarence (Dorothy), Stevenson of Le Mars.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, April 20, 1978
Akron, Iowa