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- Elwood Gilkison, 74
Muncie – Elwood Eugene (Perk) Gilkison, 74, Muncie, died Saturday in Ball Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
He was born Dec. 3, 1927, in Bluestone, Ky., and had lived in Muncie most of his life. Mr. Gilkison worked for 30 years as a production worker for Borg-Warner. He was a member of Thanks to Calvary Church and the Warner Gear Sympathy Club. He also was a Red Cross tissue donor.
Mr. Gilkison was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include a son, Stephen W. Gilkison (wife: Janice) of Indianapolis; two sisters, Ella Jean Day of Orlando, Fla,, a twin to Mr. Gilkison and Leota Basham (husband: Carl) of Wheeling, W.Va., and companion, Pauline Stephens of Muncie. Four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren also survive.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Russell and Mary Belle Scaggs Gilkison; a son, Stanley E. Gilkison; two brothers, Otis H. and Otto H. Gilkison, and a sister, Eula Storie.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Parson Mortuary, with Pastor Dale Workman officiating. Burial will be at Gardens of Memory Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the mortuary.
Military rites will be conducted by the Veterans of Delaware County.
The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana. Tuesday, 18 December 2001.
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