Person Sheet
NameHarry Robert ELKINS
Birth31 Jan 1927, Thomasboro, Champaign, Illinois
Death5 Feb 1984, Grandview Cemetery
OccupationDean, Cochise College.
EducationMSEdAdmin, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, 1964
Obituary
Harry Elkins
Harry Robert Elkins, 57, of Bisbee, Ariz., formerly Urbana, died Sunday (Feb. 5, 1984) at Cole Hospital, Champaign.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Blair funeral Home, Mahomet, the Rev. Morris Christman officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Elkins was born Jan. 31, 1927, at Thomasboro, a son of Robert Roselle and Hazel Grindley Elkins.
Survivors include his mother of Mahomet; his wife, Norma J. Elkins of Arizona; and a daughter, Roxanne C. Power of Phoenix, Ariz.
Mr. Elkins was a graduate of the University of Illinois and formerly taught at the UI Institute of Aviation. He had been on the staff of Cochise College, Douglas, Ariz., since 1968.
He was a veteran of world War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the American Legion Post 1015, Mahomet, a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Bloomington consistory. He was also past president of te Bisbee, Ariz., Lions Club and past exalted ruler of the Bisbee, Ariz., Elks.
Harry Robert Elkins, 57, of Bisbee, Ariz., formerly Urbana, died Sunday (Feb. 5, 1984) at Cole Hospital, Champaign.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Blair funeral Home, Mahomet, the Rev. Morris Christman officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Elkins was born Jan. 31, 1927, at Thomasboro, a son of Robert Roselle and Hazel Grindley Elkins.
Survivors include his mother of Mahomet; his wife, Norma J. Elkins of Arizona; and a daughter, Roxanne C. Power of Phoenix, Ariz.
Mr. Elkins was a graduate of the University of Illinois and formerly taught at the UI Institute of Aviation. He had been on the staff of Cochise College, Douglas, Ariz., since 1968.
He was a veteran of world War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the American Legion Post 1015, Mahomet, a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Bloomington consistory. He was also past president of te Bisbee, Ariz., Lions Club and past exalted ruler of the Bisbee, Ariz., Elks.
Spouses
1Norma Jeanne SMITH (Private, Female), Sister
FatherRoland Theodore SMITH (1903-1983)
MotherHazel May HARTLE (1904-1987)
ChildrenRoxanne Cherie (Private, Female)