- Date Of Birth: October 2, 1916
- Date Of Death: June 29, 2008
- State: Iowa
Harold Kenneth Wilkins, 91, of Phoenix, Arizona, (formerly of Atlantic, Iowa) died on Sunday, June 29, 2008, at Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona.
Harold K. Wilkins was born October 2, 1916, to Charles and Rose Ella (Erickson) Wilkins of Cumberland, Iowa.
During Harold’s childhood, George and Lizzie Shepherd raised him while he worked on their farm. They put him through school and he graduated from Atlantic High School in 1935.
On March 23, 1937, he was united in marriage to Alice Isabelle Robson. Together they had four children. Harold and Alice farmed in Audubon County, Iowa, until retiring to Atlantic in 1974. He worked for Allied Engineering for twenty years and then officially retired. They traveled to all 50 states, including many fishing trips to Canada, with their kids.
Following Alice’s death in 1981, he was married to Marie Hansen in lived in Atlantic until the fall of 2006, when he and Marie moved to Arizona. While in Arizona they lived with Marie’s daughter and son-in-law, Thelda and Mel Williams. In April of 2008, Harold and Marie moved to an assisted living facility.
Harold enjoyed his children and grandchildren. He was an avid coin and gun collector. Harold’s favorite past times were fishing, reading and gardening.
