David Sheldon Atkinson

Funeral Monday for David Sheldon Atkinson

Funeral service were conducted at the Idaho Falls 17th LDS Ward Monday by Bishop Ray Dickson for David Sheldon Atkinson, age, 37 who died Friday morning (8 Nov 1973) of natural causes.

Burial was in Fielding Memorial Park, Idaho Falls.

Mr. Atkinson was born Jan. 29, 1936, at Malad, a son of David Roderick and Mary White Atkinson. He attended school here and served four years in the U.S. Air Force. He married Doris Marie Dahle, August 26, 1960, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.

An active member of the LDS Church, he served as a home teacher and in various other capacities. He had been employed for the past 11 years at the Atomic Energy Commission site, Arco.

Surviving are his widow, two daughters and three sons, Tamara, age 12; Blake, 9; Kimberly, 8; Brett, 6; David Bryce, one month all of Idaho Falls; parents, Samaria; three brothers and a sister, Clarence, Paris Idaho; Mrs. Max (Ivy), East Ogden; Arthur, Brigham City; Roger, Salt Lake City.