MERTIE E. ASKINS
From the Lincoln Journal
7/12/1986
 
MERTIE E. ASKINS, 93, 6315 O Street (Lincoln) died Saturday.  Retired photo engraver, Lincoln Journal Star. Born rural Oberlin, Kansas. Lincoln area resident since 1919. Member of the Second Baptist Church, Past President Axis Women's Professional  Club of Lincoln.  Survivors : sister, Clara Roberts of Lincoln; nephew Carroll Chilson of Lincoln; niece Sherry DeLancey, Lincoln; other nieces and nephews.   Services 11 a.m. Tuesday Roper and Sons Mortuary Chapel, 4300 O Street. Pastor Fred Daugherty, Wyuka.  Pallbearers: Robert McDermand, James DeLancey, Carroll Chilson, Jr., Kenneth Damke, Harvey Nash, Ralph Durham.  In-state: until services mortuary.  Memorials to Second Baptist Church.
 

Submitted by Elsie Morton Rarey