Bruce Judson Firkins

1923 - 2015  (91 years)

• Name	Bruce Judson Firkins
  Birth	25 Sep 1923	Ames, Story County, Iowa   [1, 2, 3]
  	son of Bruce Judson Firkin and Nellie Jean Berkhemie
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	13963
  Death	25 May 2015	Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York   [4]
  Person ID	I13894	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Helen Marilyn Mabie,   b. 3 Jan 1927, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York d. 15 Dec 2013, Saddle River, Bergen County, New Jersey (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1950	Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York   [1, 5, 6]
  	Miss Helen Marilyn Mabie, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William A. Mabie, 280.Guy Park Avenue, became the bride of Bruce Judson Firkins Jr.. Schenectady, son of Mr. and Mrs, Bruce J. Firkins. Ames. Ia., Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Second Presbyterian Church in a ceremony performed by the Rev. Dr. Frank T. Rhoad.... Mrs. Edwin Hutchinson, Cambridge, Mass., attended the bride as matron of honor and the bridesmaids were Mrs. Robert Dunning, Buffalo, Miss Yvonne Cameron. Shaker Heights, O., and Miss Margaret DeGraff and Miss Marcia Conover, this city. Dr. Mabie gave his daughter in marriage. Mr. Firkins was his son's best man. Acting as ushers were William J. Mabie, Cincinnati, O.. brother of the bride, and Charles R. Brotherton. Bruce R. Holl and Donald.E. Matthews, Schenectady, fraternity brothers of the bridegroom and fellow Iowa State College graduates.... The ceremony was follower1 by a reception at the Century Club.... For traveling on a northern trip into Canada, the bride chose a suit of cranberry Summer wool with navy blue accessories and wore a corsage of white orchids. Mr. and Mrs. Firkins will be at home after August 1 at 21 North Ferry Street, Schenectady. The bride is a graduate of the Wilbur H. Lynch Senior High School, attended the Knox School at Cooperstown and received her degree from Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs. A graduate of Ames High School and Iowa State College, Ames, Ia.. Mr. Firkins is connected with the Advertising and Sales Promotion Division of the General Electric Company. He is a member of Sigma. Alpha Epsilon Fraternity....
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F3258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S123] John Albert Maybee, Descendants of William and Sophia Scripture Mabie; Compile Date: 13 Nov 2000; Compiler Address: janmebie@juno.com. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Iowa, World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2017. [S438] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website; Url: fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Amsterdam NY Evening Recorder, Monday, June 19, 1950. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967.