Daniel Clifton Meekins, Jr.

Male 1926 - 2012  (85 years)


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  • Name Daniel Clifton Meekins 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 30 Sep 1926  District of Columbia, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Mar 2012  Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Birth: 1926
      Death: Mar. 12, 2012

      Daniel C. Meekins Jr., 85, a retired personnel director with the National Labor Relations Board, died March 12 at Montgomery Hospice's Casey House in Rockville. He was a Potomac resident.

      He died of a blood disorder, said his son William H. Meekins.

      Mr. Meekins retired from the NLRB in 1981 after 37 years of federal service. He earlier worked as a personnel officer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the State Department.

      Daniel Clifton Meekins Jr. was a native Washingtonian and a 1944 graduate of McKinley Technical High School. He served in the Army during and after World War II, including service in Japan with occupation forces. He served 20 years in the Army Reserve and retired as a sergeant major.

      His wife of 46 years, Marie Astorga "Camilu" Meekins, died in 1999. Survivors include three sons, Daniel L. Meekins of Lanham, Richard C. Meekins of Gaithersburg and William H. Meekins of Olney; and seven grandchildren.


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      Spouse:
      Marie Astorga Meekins (1925 - 1999)*
    Buried Silver Spring, Montgomery County Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
    Person ID I1580  My Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2020 

    Father Daniel Clifton Meekins, Sr. 
    Mother Lillian May Case 
    Married
    • Source: Information provided in conversation in 1990 by Luciano Torres Astorga and Adelina Astorga Aragon.
    Family ID F2217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Camilia Astorga Calonje,   c. 6 Nov 1918, Villa Sandino, Chontales, Nicaragua Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb1999, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 7 Jul 1953  Managua, Managua, Nicaragua Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Daniel Clifton Meekins Jr. was a resident of Washington, D.C. when he married Maria Camilia Astorga Calonje.
      Source: Marriage record.
    Children 
    +1. Living
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    Last Modified 15 Sep 2019 
    Family ID F1382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Jul 1953 - Managua, Managua, Nicaragua Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Mar 2012 - Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Silver Spring, Montgomery County Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Maria Camila Astorga Calonje Marriage to Daniel Clifton Meekins Jr. Record
    Maria Camila Astorga Calonje Marriage to Daniel Clifton Meekins Jr. Record
    Date: 7 July 1953
    Place: Managua, Managua, Nicaragua

    Citing this Record
    "Nicaragua Registro Civil, 1809-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFMM-1VF : 17 December 2018), Maria Camila Astorga in entry for Daniel Clifton Meekins Jr, ; citing p. 472, line 1011, Marriage Registration; Asociación de municipios de Nicaragua (Association of Nicaragua Municipalities), Amunic. Film 4166247 image 4.
    Daniel Clifton Meekins Jr. and Maria Camilia Astorga Calonje brief Obituary History
    Daniel Clifton Meekins Jr. and Maria Camilia Astorga Calonje brief Obituary History

    Headstones
    Burial picture for Maria Camila Astorga Calonje Meekins and Daniel C. Meekins Jr.
    Burial picture for Maria Camila Astorga Calonje Meekins and Daniel C. Meekins Jr.
    Place: Silver Spring, Montgomery County Maryland, USA (Gate of Heave Cemetery)

    https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105072614

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