Daughter of Paul Andrew and Florence Fieseler Scannell, wife of Frederick Rowell Atkinson.
COLUMBIA - Service for Florence Scannell Atkinson, 93, will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Mrs. Atkinson died Thursday July 31, 2008.
She was the wife of the late Fred Rowell Atkinson. Born in Comfort, Texas and raised in Iowa City, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Florence Fieseler Scannell and Paul Andrew Scannell.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Iowa, where she received BA and MA degrees with honors in English and where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholastic society and Pi Lambda Theta honorary education sorority. She taught high school English in Iowa and in Minnesota from 1937-1944. During World War II, she worked as a clerk typist for AAFTAC in Orlando, Florida. Later she worked for Webster Publishing Company in St. Louis, Missouri as Director of Information. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church since 1953, where she was a member of the United Methodist Women, the Joy Sunday School Class, and Junnie Murray and Lina Ott Circles. She was a graduate of Bible Study Fellowship. She was involved in volunteer work including: Each-One-Teach-One, Meals on Wheels, and reading for the blind.
Mrs. Atkinson was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, and a faithful friend.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Paul F. and Millie Coleman Atkinson of Marietta, Ga., and Joel S. and Renee Collins Atkinson of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa Beth Atkinson and David George Smith of Franklin, Tenn.; a brother, Dr. Dale P. Scannell of Philadelphia, Pa.; and sisters-in-law, Annie Laurie Atkinson, Marilyn Scannell, Ann Huxol, and Jo Scannell; and 4 grandchildren.
A brother, Dr. Donald F. Scannell, predeceased her.
COLUMBIA - Service for Florence Scannell Atkinson, 93, will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Mrs. Atkinson died Thursday July 31, 2008.
She was the wife of the late Fred Rowell Atkinson. Born in Comfort, Texas and raised in Iowa City, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Florence Fieseler Scannell and Paul Andrew Scannell.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Iowa, where she received BA and MA degrees with honors in English and where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholastic society and Pi Lambda Theta honorary education sorority. She taught high school English in Iowa and in Minnesota from 1937-1944. During World War II, she worked as a clerk typist for AAFTAC in Orlando, Florida. Later she worked for Webster Publishing Company in St. Louis, Missouri as Director of Information. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church since 1953, where she was a member of the United Methodist Women, the Joy Sunday School Class, and Junnie Murray and Lina Ott Circles. She was a graduate of Bible Study Fellowship. She was involved in volunteer work including: Each-One-Teach-One, Meals on Wheels, and reading for the blind.
Mrs. Atkinson was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, and a faithful friend.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Paul F. and Millie Coleman Atkinson of Marietta, Ga., and Joel S. and Renee Collins Atkinson of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa Beth Atkinson and David George Smith of Franklin, Tenn.; a brother, Dr. Dale P. Scannell of Philadelphia, Pa.; and sisters-in-law, Annie Laurie Atkinson, Marilyn Scannell, Ann Huxol, and Jo Scannell; and 4 grandchildren.
A brother, Dr. Donald F. Scannell, predeceased her.
Daughter of Paul Andrew and Florence Fieseler Scannell, wife of Frederick Rowell Atkinson.
COLUMBIA - Service for Florence Scannell Atkinson, 93, will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Mrs. Atkinson died Thursday July 31, 2008.
She was the wife of the late Fred Rowell Atkinson. Born in Comfort, Texas and raised in Iowa City, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Florence Fieseler Scannell and Paul Andrew Scannell.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Iowa, where she received BA and MA degrees with honors in English and where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholastic society and Pi Lambda Theta honorary education sorority. She taught high school English in Iowa and in Minnesota from 1937-1944. During World War II, she worked as a clerk typist for AAFTAC in Orlando, Florida. Later she worked for Webster Publishing Company in St. Louis, Missouri as Director of Information. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church since 1953, where she was a member of the United Methodist Women, the Joy Sunday School Class, and Junnie Murray and Lina Ott Circles. She was a graduate of Bible Study Fellowship. She was involved in volunteer work including: Each-One-Teach-One, Meals on Wheels, and reading for the blind.
Mrs. Atkinson was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, and a faithful friend.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Paul F. and Millie Coleman Atkinson of Marietta, Ga., and Joel S. and Renee Collins Atkinson of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa Beth Atkinson and David George Smith of Franklin, Tenn.; a brother, Dr. Dale P. Scannell of Philadelphia, Pa.; and sisters-in-law, Annie Laurie Atkinson, Marilyn Scannell, Ann Huxol, and Jo Scannell; and 4 grandchildren.
A brother, Dr. Donald F. Scannell, predeceased her.
COLUMBIA - Service for Florence Scannell Atkinson, 93, will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Mrs. Atkinson died Thursday July 31, 2008.
She was the wife of the late Fred Rowell Atkinson. Born in Comfort, Texas and raised in Iowa City, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Florence Fieseler Scannell and Paul Andrew Scannell.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Iowa, where she received BA and MA degrees with honors in English and where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholastic society and Pi Lambda Theta honorary education sorority. She taught high school English in Iowa and in Minnesota from 1937-1944. During World War II, she worked as a clerk typist for AAFTAC in Orlando, Florida. Later she worked for Webster Publishing Company in St. Louis, Missouri as Director of Information. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church since 1953, where she was a member of the United Methodist Women, the Joy Sunday School Class, and Junnie Murray and Lina Ott Circles. She was a graduate of Bible Study Fellowship. She was involved in volunteer work including: Each-One-Teach-One, Meals on Wheels, and reading for the blind.
Mrs. Atkinson was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, and a faithful friend.
Survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Paul F. and Millie Coleman Atkinson of Marietta, Ga., and Joel S. and Renee Collins Atkinson of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa Beth Atkinson and David George Smith of Franklin, Tenn.; a brother, Dr. Dale P. Scannell of Philadelphia, Pa.; and sisters-in-law, Annie Laurie Atkinson, Marilyn Scannell, Ann Huxol, and Jo Scannell; and 4 grandchildren.
A brother, Dr. Donald F. Scannell, predeceased her.
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