Clarence Grant Wilkins^[1]

1926 - 2018  (91 years)

• Name	Clarence Grant Wilkins  [2]
  Birth	23 Oct 1926	Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  	703 Lamar Street
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Grant  [1]
  Residence	1935	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA   [5]
  Census	1940	Lafayette, Lafayette County, Louisiana, USA   [5]
  	830 Washington
  Residence	Oct 1944	Denver, Colorado, USA   [8]
  	5524 Montview Boulevard
  Residence	Nov 1946	Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA   [9]
  Residence	Oct 1965	Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA   [10]
  	6218 E. Princeton Avenue
  Education	University of Denver (1947)  [7, 8, 11]
  Occupation	Outdoor Advertising  [6]
  Medical Notes	Contracted polio in 1951. Recovered after hospitalization and therapy.  [7]
  Death	19 May 2018  [7]
  Person ID	I387	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Clarence Gorham Wilkins           b. 14 Jul 1898, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, USA           d. 14 Jun 1989, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Elsie Duffel Grant           b. 30 Nov 1898, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA           d. 10 Nov 1984, Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Phyllis Diane Schoelzel           b. 7 Jan 1928, Denver, Colorado, USA           d. 7 Aug 1964, Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1946	Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, USA   [1, 6, 9, 12, 13]
  Research Notes	Grant’s obituary gives marriage year as 1947. The Grey Book lists marriage date as 16 September 1946 and gives conflicting information about marriage place, listing Council Bluffs, Iowa in one place and Red Oak, Iowa in another. The same date is given in a 1966 letter from Lona Schoelzel to Wendell Mohr. Marriage return gives date of 1 November and location of Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa.  [2, 6, 7, 9]
  Notes	Eloped. [12]
  Children	1. S.A. Wilkins + 2. M.A. Wilkins + 3. Steven Grant Wilkins           b. 22 May 1951, Denver, Colorado, USA           d. 31 Mar 1999, Reseda, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2022

  
  

  Family 2	M.M. Siems
  Family ID	F290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Oct 1926 - Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Residence - 1935 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Census - 1940 - Lafayette, Lafayette County, Louisiana, USA Residence - Oct 1944 - Denver, Colorado, USA Residence - Nov 1946 - Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Marriage - 1 Nov 1946 - Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, USA Residence - Oct 1965 - Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Moved to Oklahoma City at the age of three, then to Louisiana before high school. His family moved to Denver, but Grant started college in Louisiana, later transferring to the University of Denver. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Research notes of Wendell C. Mohr. [S4924] Richard N. Gray, Jr., M.D., The Gray Book, (Wilson Printing, Paradise, California, 2007), 929.273 G79/grn. [S5539] Birth Certificate of Clarence Grant Wilkins. [S708] Ancestry.com (Texas Department of Health, State Vital Records Unit), Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997. [S2325] 1940 US Census - Household of Clarence G. Wilkins. [S4131] Lona Schoelzel, Letter to Wendell & Jo Ann Mohr. [S5267] Horan & McConaty Funeral Home, Obituary of C. Grant Wilkins. [S5538] Fold3.com (National Archives & Records Administration), WWII Draft Registration Card of Clarence Grant Wilkins. [S6894] Marriage Return of Grant Wilkins and Diane Schoelzel. [S7803] License and Certificate of Marriage of Clarence Grant Wilkins and Marlene Mae Siems. [S4050] Grant and Marlene Wilkins, Christmas Letter to Wendell & Jo Ann Mohr. [S991] Elaine Schoelzel, username eschoelzel, Schoelzel Family Tree. [S4924] Richard N. Gray, Jr., M.D., The Gray Book, (Wilson Printing, Paradise, California, 2007), p217, 929.273 G79/grn.