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- The Peoria Journal Star
December 21, 2003
GALESBURG - George F. Adkins, 83, of 1127 Willard Ave. died at 7:07 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, at St. Mary Medical Center. Born May 30, 1920, in Rochester, N.Y., to Raymond A. Adkins and Ethel Hirschmann, he married Jean MacDonald in 1949. She died in 1952.
He later married Mary Eloise Eichler on Feb. 14, 1955, in Providence, R.I. She survives. Also surviving is one nephew, John, whom he cared for.
He was a World War II Army Air Forces veteran, serving in the Second Air Division, Eighth Air Force, in the European Theater and achieved the rank of lieutenant. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard University, a master of science degree from Boston University and a doctoral certificate from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a social worker in Providence, Gardiner, Mass., and Lebanon, Penn. He was the director of Brown County Family and Children Services in Green Bay, Wis., from 1961 to 1971 and administrator of social services at Galesburg Mental Health Center from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. He was a member and held offices in the National Association of Social Workers. He was a member and former president on the Human Rights Commission in Green Bay and assisted with the Human Rights Commission of Indian-Community Affairs. He also was an active member of community theaters in Gardiner and Green Bay. He was a member of the Green Bay Rotary Club and the Lincoln-Douglas Kiwanis Club of Galesburg. He served at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Galesburg as a lecturer and a Eucharist minister, and was a member of its Men's Club. He was a member of The Cathedral of Green Bay Diocese, where he served as a lay reader.
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: George F Adkins
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: New York
State of Residence: New York
County or City: Monroe
Enlistment Date: 17 Sep 1942
Enlistment State: New York
Enlistment City: Rochester
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 168
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