Gene Lewis Corkins

Notes:

In the November, 1952 obituary of John Corkins, it is noted he was survived by "... Gene of Cass City..."

Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, June 17, 1965
Volume 59, Number 9, Page 1

Corkins Succumbs To Crash Injuries

A Cass City man lost a futile two-week fight with death Tuesday morning and became the second victim of an accident that claimed the life of his brother earlier and injured several other people.

Gene Corkins, 44, died early Tuesday morning of pneumonia at Hills and Dales General Hospital in Cass City. An autopsy performed Tuesday evening revealed that he had also suffered a ruptured bladder, bowel obstructions and a lacerated kidney.

Corkins and his brother, Jack, were in a car that slammed into three other cars on Sunday, May 30, east of Caro, when the hood of their car flew up.

Jack died two days later of multiple fractures to the chest and internal bleeding?..

Funeral services for Gene Corkins will be held today (Thursday) at Little's Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Melvin R. Vender, Pastor Emeritus of the Cass City First Presbyterian Church, officiating.

Born September 17, 1920, in Cass City, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John C. Corkins. He served in World War II in the Coast Guard.

Surviving are: a son, John, and two daughters, Susan and Kathleen, all of Flint. Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Hazel JONES of Decker, Mrs. Clare HEWENS of Bad Axe, Mrs. Maxine ALBRANDT of Caro, Mrs. Douglas GREG of Detroit and Mrs. Ted WATTERS of Warren, and a brother, Ivan of Sault Ste. Marie.

Interment will be in Elkland Cemetery with full military rites accorded by the American Legion Tri-county Post No. 507 of Cass City.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2008)

Gene married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]