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Richard Jesse Aikens Sr.

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Richard Jesse Aikens Sr.

Birth
Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Nov 1988 (aged 74)
East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Veterans Garden, lot 023-D
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Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - Monday, November 7, 1988

Richard "Dick" J. Aikens Sr., 74, of 18 Oakland Manor, Highspire, died Saturday in Holy Spirit Hospital.

He was a retired Army sergeant first class with 22 years' service, a World War II and Korean War veteran, the widower of Laura C. Crozier Aikens, and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Margaret E. Swartz of Colonial Park, Nancy J. Price of Highspire, and Shirley A. Gross and Doris G. Bender, both of Dauphin; a son, Richard J. Jr. of Enola; a brother, the Rev. George F. of Wormleysburg; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Neumyer Funeral Home with the Revs. Robert D. Zook and George F. Aikens officiating. Burial will be in Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens, West Pennsboro Twp.
Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - Monday, November 7, 1988

Richard "Dick" J. Aikens Sr., 74, of 18 Oakland Manor, Highspire, died Saturday in Holy Spirit Hospital.

He was a retired Army sergeant first class with 22 years' service, a World War II and Korean War veteran, the widower of Laura C. Crozier Aikens, and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Margaret E. Swartz of Colonial Park, Nancy J. Price of Highspire, and Shirley A. Gross and Doris G. Bender, both of Dauphin; a son, Richard J. Jr. of Enola; a brother, the Rev. George F. of Wormleysburg; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Neumyer Funeral Home with the Revs. Robert D. Zook and George F. Aikens officiating. Burial will be in Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens, West Pennsboro Twp.


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