Victim of the May 1955 Udall Tornado
Winfield Daily Courier
Monday, May 30, 1955
Mother, Two Sons Interred at Udall
Triple funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. this afternoon in Udall cemetery for Mrs. Robert Atkinson, 35, who died Sunday at 5 p.m. in St. Joseph's hospital at Wichita. The Rev. Giles Stagner of the Udall Methodist church will officiate.
Her sons, Gary Dean, 12, and Stanley Joe, 5 lost their lives in the Udall disaster last Wednesday. Another son, Robert, 15, is in St. Mary's hospital and his father is in Newton Memorial hospital in a serious condition.
Surviving besides her husband and son, are her father Clyde W. Clarke, of Udall; three sisters, Mrs. Glen Pendergast, Mrs. Cari Shreve, and Mrs. Grace Clark of Wichita; two brothers, Harold Clarke and Frank Clarke.
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Children:
Gary Dean Atkinson (1942 - 1955)*
Stanley Joe Atkinson (1950 - 1955)*
Victim of the May 1955 Udall Tornado
Winfield Daily Courier
Monday, May 30, 1955
Mother, Two Sons Interred at Udall
Triple funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. this afternoon in Udall cemetery for Mrs. Robert Atkinson, 35, who died Sunday at 5 p.m. in St. Joseph's hospital at Wichita. The Rev. Giles Stagner of the Udall Methodist church will officiate.
Her sons, Gary Dean, 12, and Stanley Joe, 5 lost their lives in the Udall disaster last Wednesday. Another son, Robert, 15, is in St. Mary's hospital and his father is in Newton Memorial hospital in a serious condition.
Surviving besides her husband and son, are her father Clyde W. Clarke, of Udall; three sisters, Mrs. Glen Pendergast, Mrs. Cari Shreve, and Mrs. Grace Clark of Wichita; two brothers, Harold Clarke and Frank Clarke.
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Children:
Gary Dean Atkinson (1942 - 1955)*
Stanley Joe Atkinson (1950 - 1955)*