OBITUARY

Name:    Richard A. Wilkinson

From:  The Evansville Courier, Evansville, Indiana
Date:  Wednesday, Jan 28, 1981 

Richard A. Wilkinson, 70, of 1808 E. Morgan Ave., died at 2:24 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Medical Center.

He retired in 1975 after 19 years as a millwright at Whirlpool Corp.  He was a member of Keck Avenue Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Lucille; one son, Biob Ford, Purdue University basketball commentator, two brothers, Gerald and Carl, both of Evansville; and two grandchildren.

Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Alexander Funeral Home East Chapel, the Rev. James Bean officiating, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.  Friends may call after 5 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.