PERKINS, Govia C. (1887-1948)

PERKINS

Posted By: Karon King (email)
Date: 5/19/2010 at 18:22:07

Govia Colmore Perkins

(January 13, 1887 - April 20, 1948)

Son of MARTIN VAN BUREN AND NANCY ELIZABETH KELLAR PERKINS, Grandson of BENJAMIN HARRISON AND CATHERINE ANN MILLER KELLAR

GOVIA PERKINS' FUNERAL TODAY

Services for Govia C. Perkins, 61, of 747 Twenty-fifth St., will be at 2 p.m. today at St. Andrew's

Evangelical United Brethren Church. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens West. Mr. Perkins died of a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday at Iowa Methodist Hospital. A resident of Des Moines 43 years, he was born in Prole. He was a foreman for the Des Moines & Central Iowa Railroad. He was a member of Moose Lodge 441 and of St. Andrew's Church. Survivors include his wife, Lillian; a daughter, Tootie of Des Moines; and two brothers, Otis Perkins of Diagonal, and Fred Coffey of Perry. Note: Source unknown---most likely from a Des Moines newspaper.

Govia Colmore Perkins
Son of MARTIN VAN BUREN AND NANCY ELIZABETH KELLAR PERKINS
Grandson of BENJAMIN HARRISON AND CATHERINE ANN MILLER KELLAR
January 13, 1887 - April 20, 1948

GOVIA PERKINS' FUNERAL TODAY
Services for Govia C. Perkins, 61, of 747 Twenty-fifth St., will be at 2 p.m. today at St. Andrew's
Evangelical United Brethren Church. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens West. Mr. Perkins
died of a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday at Iowa Methodist Hospital. A resident of Des Moines 43
years, he was born in Prole. He was a foreman for the Des Moines & Central Iowa Railroad. He was a
member of Moose Lodge 441 and of St. Andrew's Church. Survivors include his wife, Lillian; a
daughter, Tootie of Des Moines; and two brothers, Otis Perkins of Diagonal, and Fred Coffey of
Perry.
Note: Source unknown---most likely from a Des Moines newspaper.