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Barbara AKIN

Female 1932 - 2009  (77 years)


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  • Name Barbara AKIN 
    Birth 31 Jan 1932  Chicago, Cook, Illinios, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 Aug 2009  [1
    Burial Crestview Memorial Park, Grove City. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I104  Peter Duffy (1791) Family Tree
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2016 

    Father Richard Kirkbride AKIN,   b. 16 Dec 1897, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1986, Grove City, Mercer, Pennsylvania,USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Margaret Duffy,   b. 15 May 1898, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan,USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1981 (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 8 Sep 1923  Kent, Muskegan, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F29  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.
      memorial # 70426399

    2. [S4] Obituary.
      Dr. M. Barbara Akin, 77, of Hillcrest Avenue, Grove City, died Friday,
      Aug. 14, 2009, at her home.

      Born Jan. 31, 1932, in Chicago, Ill., she was the daughter of the late
      Richard Kirkbride Akin and Margarete Mary McElheran Akin.

      She grew up on Chicago's South Side, where she attended Catholic
      schools and graduated from the Academy of Our Lady, Longwood High
      School, graduating in the spring of 1949.

      Following graduation she worked for WBKB Television Station in Chicago
      and attended night school at Loyola University's downtown campus. In
      May 1955, she left Chicago and went to work with the U.S. Air Force in
      Japan until 1957.

      Barbara returned to Chicago in 1958 and started working for the Ladies
      Home Journal magazine and attended evening school at Northwestern
      University. In 1959 she began work at St. Xavier College for the VP of
      academic affairs, and she enrolled in college there at that time.

      She graduated from St. Xavier College with a bachelor's degree in
      history in 1962 and started graduate studies at the University of
      Chicago. She was awarded a master's degree in history in 1965. Barbara
      began her studies towards her doctorate degree and received her Ph.D.
      in American church history from the University of Chicago in December
      of 1970.

      Barbara became an associate professor of history at Grove City College
      in September 1970, and in March 1974, she was received into the
      Episcopal Church as a member.

      She attended Seabury-Western Theological seminary in Evanston, Ill., f
      rom September 1978 to June 1979 and was ordained as a deacon following
      seminary.

      Barbara was ordained as a priest on Oct. 5, 1985, and was named vicar
      of the Church of the Epiphany Episcopal, Grove City. She retired as a
      professor of history and chairwoman of the history department at Grove
      City College in 1999 and retired as vicar of Epiphany in 2008, after
      serving the church for 23 years.

      She is survived by two nephews; five nieces; and many friends.

      Barbara was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Robert
      James Akin.

      Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the
      Cunningham Funeral Home, 306 Bessemer Ave., Grove City.

      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of
      The Epiphany Episcopal, 870 Liberty St. Extension, Grove City, with
      the Bishop Sean Rowe as celebrant.

      Interment will be in Crestview Memorial Park, Grove City.

      Memorial tributes may be made to the Church of The Epiphany Episcopal,
      870 Liberty St. Extension, Grove City, 16127.




    3. [S13] Michigan Marriages.
      Name: Richard K. Akin
      Race (Original):
      Age (Expanded): 25 years
      Birth Year: 1898
      Birthplace: Michigan
      Spouse's Name: Margaret Duffy Mc Elkeran
      Spouse's Race (Original):
      Spouse's Age (Expanded): 23 years
      Spouse's Birth Year: 1900
      Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
      Event Date: 08 Sep 1923
      Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
      Father's Name: Thomas C. Akin
      Mother's Name: Isabelle Birney
      Spouse's Father's Name: Bernard Duffy Mc Elkeran
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Bubb
      Marital Status:
      Previous Wife's Name:
      Spouse's Marital Status:
      Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
      GS Film number: 2342757
      Frame Number:
      Digital Folder Number: 4210120
      Image Number: 134
      Reference ID: v 7 rn 15780



      Citing this Record:
      "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9B-825 : accessed 28 April 2016), Richard K. Akin and Margaret Duffy Mc Elkeran, 08 Sep 1923; citing Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, v 7 rn 15780, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,757.


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