OBITUARY
ART E ATKINSON, 90, of 1330 Arthur Ave died of a lung ailment Monday at Hill Haven Medicenter, 233 University Ave.
Services will be at 3 pm Wednesday at Merle Hay Funeral Home, with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mr Atkinson was born in McCook Co, NE, and lived in Des Moines 56 years. A retired maintenance employee, he was a member of Fort Des Moines Church of the Open Bible.
Survivors include his wife, Tishia; three sons, Kenneth of Des Moines, Art of Springfield, MO, and Richard of Greenville, TX; six daughters, Eva Alexander, Grace Marquis and Bernice Snyder, all of Des Moines, Wrethel Taylor of Chattanooga, TN, Lois Houghton of Wilmington, DE, and Barbara Roberts of Pella; a brother, Gerald, lives in Missouri; 22 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
The family suggests memorial contributions to Fort Des Moines Church of the Open Bible.
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Name given at birth was Arch Edwin Atkinson. Had it legally changed to Arthur Edwin Atkinson.
On marriage record, he states that he was born in Frontier Co, Nebraska.
OBITUARY
ART E ATKINSON, 90, of 1330 Arthur Ave died of a lung ailment Monday at Hill Haven Medicenter, 233 University Ave.
Services will be at 3 pm Wednesday at Merle Hay Funeral Home, with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mr Atkinson was born in McCook Co, NE, and lived in Des Moines 56 years. A retired maintenance employee, he was a member of Fort Des Moines Church of the Open Bible.
Survivors include his wife, Tishia; three sons, Kenneth of Des Moines, Art of Springfield, MO, and Richard of Greenville, TX; six daughters, Eva Alexander, Grace Marquis and Bernice Snyder, all of Des Moines, Wrethel Taylor of Chattanooga, TN, Lois Houghton of Wilmington, DE, and Barbara Roberts of Pella; a brother, Gerald, lives in Missouri; 22 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
The family suggests memorial contributions to Fort Des Moines Church of the Open Bible.
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Name given at birth was Arch Edwin Atkinson. Had it legally changed to Arthur Edwin Atkinson.
On marriage record, he states that he was born in Frontier Co, Nebraska.
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