This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilkins, Hawkins, Townsend, Lancaster, Keeler, Ormsbee, Vandecar, Strow Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1456 Message Board Post: Mr. Loren E. Wilkins, age 95, of Hastings, passed away Sunday, December 26, 1999 at his residence. Mr. Wilkins was born on May 26, 1904 in Hastings, the son of Emery & Addie (Hawkins) Wilkins. He was raised in the Hastings area and attended Hastings schools. Mr. Wilkins married Helen E. Townsend on March 6, 1926 and she survives. He was employed as a pressman for Hastings Printing Company for 17 years, 18 years for the Hastings Banner, and then in the housekeeping department for Pennock Hospital for 17 years before retiring in 1977. Mr. Wilkins was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing and gardening. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Gerald Wilkins in 1960, and Richard Wilkins in 1989; sisters, Jessie Lancaster, Gladys Keeler, and Edith Ormsbee; brothers, Lloyd, Ernest & Shirley Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins is also survived by two daughters, Marjorie Vandecar of Kiwanis Village - Mason, and Susan (Mark) Strow of Hastings; son, Donald Wilkins of Hastings; ! 10 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 29, 1999 at 11:00 A.M. at Wren Funeral Home. Pastor Randall K. Hartman will officiate. Burial will be at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society Research. Arrangements were made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, December 28, 1999) Transcriber has no family connection.