Dr. Frederick M. Wilkins1
M, #40887, b. 30 August 1930, d. 17 October 2007
Last Edited=17 Oct 2024
Dr. Frederick M. Wilkins is also referred to as Dr. in some sources.1 He was born on 30 August 1930, Collingswood, NJ.2,1 He married Shirley Ruth Hartman, daughter of Raymond Edward Hartman and Tillie Sedora Klinger, on 25 August 1954, Salem Reformed Church, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.3,1 Dr. Frederick M. Wilkins died on 17 October 2007, Fort Worth, TX, at age 77.2
Newspaper obituary:
Frederick M. Wilkins
FORT WORTH - Frederick M. Wilkins, 79, a retired doctor of radiology, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, in Fort Worth.
FUNERAL: 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel.
MEMORIALS: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or American Cancer Society.
Dr. Wilkins was born Aug. 30, 1928, in Collingswood, N.J. He graduated from Elizabethtown College with a B.S. in mathematics and attended the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following graduation, he practiced medicine as a board-certified radiologist in Ohio for nine years and then headed the Department of Radiology at Phoenix General Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. As a specialist in nuclear medicine, Dr. Wilkins was responsible for numerous innovative treatment procedures. He also served twice as the president of the American Osteopathic College of Radiology. He was actively involved in teaching new physicians and taught courses at numerous medical schools. In 1979, he became the radiology department chairman at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, now known as University of North Texas Health Science Center, in Fort Worth. He held this position until he retired. He was honored as professor emeritus in 2000. He served as a consultant to the Indonesian government and developed Indonesia's first national curriculum in radiology.
Dr. Wilkins was preceded in death by his first wife, Shirley Ruth Wilkins and sister, Dorthy Giagnacova of Bristol, Pa.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Peggy Wilkins of Fort Worth; daughter, Kimberly Schrader and her husband, Alfred, of West Hartford, Conn; son, Randall D. Wilkins of Phoenix, Ariz; grandson, Christian Frederick Schrader of West Hartford; granddaughter, Kristan Story of Fort Worth; daughter, Elaine Hawkins of Fort Worth; and sister, Virginia Parsons of Collingswood, N.J.
Greenwood Funeral Home 3100 White Settlement Rd., 817-336-0584 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 19, 2007, Page 27.2
Newspaper obituary:
Frederick M. Wilkins
FORT WORTH - Frederick M. Wilkins, 79, a retired doctor of radiology, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, in Fort Worth.
FUNERAL: 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel.
MEMORIALS: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or American Cancer Society.
Dr. Wilkins was born Aug. 30, 1928, in Collingswood, N.J. He graduated from Elizabethtown College with a B.S. in mathematics and attended the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following graduation, he practiced medicine as a board-certified radiologist in Ohio for nine years and then headed the Department of Radiology at Phoenix General Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. As a specialist in nuclear medicine, Dr. Wilkins was responsible for numerous innovative treatment procedures. He also served twice as the president of the American Osteopathic College of Radiology. He was actively involved in teaching new physicians and taught courses at numerous medical schools. In 1979, he became the radiology department chairman at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, now known as University of North Texas Health Science Center, in Fort Worth. He held this position until he retired. He was honored as professor emeritus in 2000. He served as a consultant to the Indonesian government and developed Indonesia's first national curriculum in radiology.
Dr. Wilkins was preceded in death by his first wife, Shirley Ruth Wilkins and sister, Dorthy Giagnacova of Bristol, Pa.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Peggy Wilkins of Fort Worth; daughter, Kimberly Schrader and her husband, Alfred, of West Hartford, Conn; son, Randall D. Wilkins of Phoenix, Ariz; grandson, Christian Frederick Schrader of West Hartford; granddaughter, Kristan Story of Fort Worth; daughter, Elaine Hawkins of Fort Worth; and sister, Virginia Parsons of Collingswood, N.J.
Greenwood Funeral Home 3100 White Settlement Rd., 817-336-0584 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 19, 2007, Page 27.2
Children of Dr. Frederick M. Wilkins and Shirley Ruth Hartman
Citations
- [S764] Elsie Klinger Eaves. Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database. Data downloaded February 3, 2010. Hereinafter cited as Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Frederick M. Wilkins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 19, 2007, Page 27. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed October 17, 2024).
- [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 381. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Shirley R. Wilkins, The Patriot-News, June 30, 1989, Page 9. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed October 17, 2024).