MILLIKIN, George R.

1906 - 1987  (80 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	MILLIKIN, George R.
  Birth	23 Nov 1906	Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Oct 1987	Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States
  Burial	20 Oct 1987	Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
  WAC	7 Apr 2007	SGEOR
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I3552	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	MILLIKIN, Ralph ,   b. 3 Nov 1879, Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United Statesd. 12 Sep 1964, Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States (Age 84 years)
  Mother	WELCH, Myrtle Angeline ,   b. 16 Mar 1883, Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United Statesd. 22 Aug 1969, Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1902	Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
  Family ID	F1989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GREEN, Nina B. ,   b. 29 Jul 1908, Brooklyn, Schulyer, Illinois Brooklyn, Schulyer, Illinoisd. 20 Mar 1999, Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1930	Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F1992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Places of Residence: Colchester, McDonough, Illinois Occupation: Tool and Dye Maker Church Affiliation: Methodist Military Record: WWII, 90 days In 1964 he was living in Macomb, Illinois. In 1969 he paid for the funeral at Jones Mortuary for his mother, he was living in Colchester at that time. He is buried with his parents in Mt. Auburn cemetery, Colchester, Illinois Lot 27 Block 7. He served in WW II as a Pvt in the U.S. Army. He has his own bronze marker just west of his father and mothers graves in the family plot. He was a tool and dye maker, Methodist and was in WW II. The Macomb Sunday Journal, Sunday, October 18, 1987, page 5A, column 1: George Millikin --- Colchester --- Services for George R. Millikin, 80, of LaHarpe are 2 p. m. Monday at the Jones Mortuary here. The World War II veteran died at 4:45 a. m. Saturday at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb. Dr. Jim Shearouse will conduct services. Burial is in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Colchester. Visitation is 2 - 4 p. m. today at the funeral home. Friends may call anytime prior to the service. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Lung Association. He was born Nov. 23, 1906 in Colchester, a son of Ralph and Myrtle Welch Millikin. He married Nina Green Dec. 25, 1930 in Muscatine, Iowa. She survives, of LaHarpe. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Virginia Gerhardt of Niota; a brother, Robert Millikin of St. James City, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Evelyn Barton of Hamilton; four grandchildren; and five great - grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Wegehenkel and Mariam Millikin. He was a retired tool-and-dye maker for Hemp and Co., and a carpenter.