Kathryn R Atkins Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Kathryn Rose Atkins, 88, of Fairborn, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015. Kathryn was born in Shelby, Nebraska to John and Anna Langer. After graduation from High School, she moved to Omaha to pursue a secretarial career. While there, she met Ray Atkins after he returned from WWII, and they were married St. Cecelia’s Cathedral in Omaha in December of 1946. Ray was re called into the Air Force and his assignments took them to Arizona, Washington, South Dakota, and finally to Ohio. Kate returned to work after raising her children, working as Commissary Administrator at Larson and Ellsworth Air Force Bases and retiring from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after 30 years of civil service, her last employment being Secretary to the Dean at AFIT Graduate School of Systems and Logistics. Kate said “I love you” by cooking and baking, being famous for her lace cookies and elephant ears. Kate’s husband Ray preceded her in death by 44 days, and after this short TDY (Temporary Duty) Ray and Kate will spend Christmas and their 69th Anniversary together. Kathryn is survived by sons Ray (Erin) of Box Elder, South Dakota; Terrance of Fairborn; grandsons Joseph (Betty) of Omaha; and Michael (Christa) of Camp Pendleton, California; two great-grand children: brother James (Diane) of Osceola, Nebraska, and numerous beloved nieces and nephews. Kathryn was preceded in death by her parents; and older sister Dorothy Carter. Services will be held at Adkins Funeral Home in Enon, Monday December 14 at 2:00 PM with burial at the Enon Cemetery.

Kathryn R Atkins

August 12, 1927 - December 6, 2015

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