Richard William “Dick” Calkins (1894-1962)

Richard William “Dick” Calkins Veteran

Birth

12 Aug 1894

Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA

Death

12 May 1962 (aged 67)

Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA

Burial

South Lawn Memorial Cemetery

Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 16, Veteran's Urn Garden.

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Cartoonist: Dick Calkins is best known for being the first artist to draw the Buck Rogers comic strip from January 1929 to November 1947. During World War I, he served in the Army Air Service as a pilot and flight instructor.

Certificate of Death: http://genealogy.az.gov/azdeath/0251/2510196.pdf

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CREATOR OF BUCK ROGERS
FIRST MAN INTO SPACE

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Lillie Canan Calkins

1862–1935

Spouse

Margaret Calkins

1894–1990

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