John Nelson Deakin

1920 - 2006  (85 years)

• Name	John Nelson Deakin
  Born	9 Aug 1920	Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Feb 2006	Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I175946	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	Estella Virginia Eckard,   b. 14 Dec 1917, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 25 Jul 2010, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1956
  Children	1. Arlene L. Deakin
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F68664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). [S927] Obituary. John N. Deakin Jr. DEAKIN, John Nelson, Jr., 85, of Wheeling, W.Va., died Friday, February 17, 2006 in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Wheeling. He was born August 9, 1920 in Wheeling, the son of the late John Nelson, Sr. and Louise Kaiser Deakin. Mr. Deakin retired with 48 years of service with McGee Office Plus in Wheeling; he served in the US Army infantry 95th division during World War II and was in the European Theater of Operation; he served as an Elder and Clerk of Session in the Presbyterian Church and was active in the Upper Valley Presbytery; and was a member of Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church, Wheeling. Mr. Deakin was a member of Ohio Lodge No. 1 A.F.&A.M.; a Past Master of the former Nelson Lodge No. 30; Past High Priest of Wheeling Union Chapter No. 1 RAM; a Past Commander of Wheeling Commandery No. 1 Knights Templar; and past Grand Commander of W.Va. York Rite Sovereign College; and Past Governor of Fort Henry College No. 61; and Holder of the Purple Cross. He was a member of the Allied Masonic Degrees; a member of the Knight Masons; past Excellent Chief Holy Royal Order of Knight Templar Priests; Knight York Cross of Honor; Red Cross of Constantine; a member of the Scottish Rite 33 Degree Mason; a member of the Osiris Temple of the Shrine; Legion of Honor; a member of El Tor Grotto; and member of the Wheeling Elks Lodge No. 28. Surviving are his wife, Estella Virginia Eckard Deakin; a daughter, Arlene L. Helms and her husband, Donald, of Dandridge, Tenn.; and a grandchild, Charles Nelson Helms of Dandridge. Friends will be received at the Kepner Funeral Home, National Road at Bethany Pike, Wheeling Sunday, February 19, 2006 from 11-3 and 6-8 p.m. and Monday, February 20, 2006 from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. with the Reverend Dr. George B. Kurtz, III officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, where Masonic Graveside service will be held with the Ohio Lodge No. 1 A.F.&A.M. Memorial contributions may be made to the Scottish Rite Language Foundation, 83 14th Street, Wheeling, WV 26003 or to the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, c/o Scottish Rite, 83 14th Street, Wheeling, WV 26003. Personal condolences may be made to the family at www.kepnerfuneral.com.