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Alta May Hawkins40, 2C2R, F |
| Birth |
4 Sep 1917, Antwerp , Ohio |
| Death |
19 Dec 2002, Hawthorn Court Nursing Home, Paulding, Ohio Age: 85 |
| Burial |
Wiltsie Cemetery, Payne, Ohio |
| Father |
Robert McDuffy Hawkins, M (1869-1935) |
| Mother |
Celia Victoria VanBuskirk, F (1876-1944) |
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| Printed in The Paulding County Progress Newspaper: "Alta Franklin, 1917-2002" - Payne - Alta M. Franklin, 85, of Payne, died at 10:55 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 19, at Hawthorn Court Nursing Home in Paulding. She was born Sept. 4, 1917 in Antwerp, the daughter of John McDuffy Hawkins and Celia Victoria (Van Buskirk) Hawkins. In 1936, she married James E. (Pappy) Franklin II, who preceded her in death in 1993. She retired from General Electric Company in Fort Wayne after 33 years of service. She was a member of St. Paul Methodist Church, Hesperian Chapter O.E.S. in Payne, VFW Post 5087 Auxiliary in Antwerp, Paulding County Geneology and First Families, GE Elex Club, GE Quarter Century and Remember When Clubs, Fort Wayne, a volunteer for the Dallas Lamb Foundation, Payne, Paulding Area Visiting Nurses, Benevolent Society, and also a Poet Laureate (aka Augusta Wind). Surviving are two sons, James E. Franklin III, and Timothy Franklin; a daughter, Linda Schmidt, all of Payne; 11 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Services were held Monday Dec. 23 at the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Payne, with the Rev. Amy Haines officiating. Burial was in the Wiltsie Cemetery, Payne. Preferred memorials are to the church or Paulding Area Visiting Nurses and Hospice. |