Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Jenkins, Dorwin Chalmers

Dorwin Chalmers Jenkins

OBITUARY:
GEORGETOWN (CN) - Dorwin Chalmers Jenkins, 58, of 107 Clark, died at 3 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 15, 1972) at the Veterans Administration Hospital.

Born May 9, 1914, in Vermilion County, he was the son of Wilbert and Bessie Jenkins. He was married Aug. 31, 1935 at Rockville, Ind. to Myrtle Williams.

Dorwin was an auto mechanic and was a veteran of World War II. He was a life member of the Gerogetown Sportsman Club and a member of the Dornblaser American Legion Post 203 and Russell Masonic Lodge 154.

Other survivors include his step mother, Mrs. Helen Jenkins of Georgetown; and three sisters, Mrs. Louise York and Mrs. Betty Well, both of Georgetown, and Mrs. Doris Morris of Little Rock, Ark.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Houghton Funeral Home. The Rev. Rex Miller will officiate. Burial will be in the Georgetown Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted with masonic services at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
(Source: undated newspaper clipping - furnished by Jo Bolerjack)

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