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William Paul Eakins

11 Mar 1926 – 21 Mar 2001

Birth	11 Mar 1926
Death	21 Mar 2001
Cemetery	Ormanville Cemetery Ormanville , Wapello County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Dan Walker on 18 Aug 2005
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8462282

Bio

William Paul Eakins was born March 11, 1926 in rural northern Davis County to Riley and Mayme B. Owens Eakins, the third of three children. He married Edith Howk on April 14, 1946 in Ottumwa. He was a life-long resident of Davis County and farmed all his life. He was a member of Zion Community Church of God and caretaker of Ormanville Cemetery. He served many years as Soap Creek Township trustee in Davis County and as a Davis County election board member. An avid hunter, fisherman, and outdoorsman, he respected nature and loved the land. Surviving are his wife, two sons, Clifford of rural Davis County, and Clayton, and daughter Carol of Bloomfield. A daughter Connie Sue died in infancy. Also surviving is his brother Glen of Ottumwa, five grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren, and a step-great-grandson. He was preceeded in death by his father and mother and his sister Pearl Eakins Walker.

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Family

Parents

• Riley Eakins 1885–1970
• Mayme B. Owens Eakins 1889–1976

Spouse

• Edith F. Howk aka Houk Eakins 1926–2003 FaG

Siblings

• Nona Pearl Eakins Walker 1911–1970
• Harry Glen Eakins 1917–2003

Children

• Connie Sue Eakins 1954–1954 FaG

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