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Raymond Perry Filkins

Raymond Perry Filkins

Male 1919 - 1986  (66 years)


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  • Name Raymond Perry Filkins 
    Birth 21 Mar 1919  Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Mar 1986  Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12831  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Raymond Henry Filkins,   b. 18 Jul 1883, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1966, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Florence Edna Coon,   b. Jun 1888, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1925, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1905 
    Family ID F11248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arliss Irene Bushaw,   b. 13 Dec 1921, Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1986, Richland, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 25 Sep 1940 
    Children 
     1. Carolyn Ann Filkins
     2. Thomas John Filkins, Sr.
    Family ID F3679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Raymond Perry Filkins - March 21, 1919 - March 3, 1986. Son of Raymond Henry and Florence Edna Coon Filkins. Husband of Arlis I. Bushaw Filkins. Married September 25, 1940.

      Newspaper Obituary - Monday, March 10, 1986 Banner Times - Pulaski, New York - Husband, Wife, Died March 3 - An elderly Richland native and his wife died within hours of each other Monday of apparent heart attacks. Raymond P. Filkins, Jr., 66, County Route 2, Richland, died Monday morning, March 3, 1986, at his home and his wife, Arlis I., 64, died at the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown, at 9:49 p.m. The Oswego County Sheriffs Department investigated Mr. Filkins's death, but Undersheriff Reuel A. Todd said, "It's believed to have been natural causes at this time." The funerals were at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski, with the Rev. Earl M. Smith, pastor, Park United Methodist Church, officiating. Spring burial will be in Richland Cemetery. Calling hours were 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The couple are survived by a son, Thomas J., Pulaski; a daughter, Mrs. Philip (Carol) Martin, Richland, and seven grandchildren. Mr. Filkins is also survived by two brothers, R. Neil, North Syracuse, and John H. of Richland, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Obleman of Richland. Surviving Mrs. Filkins are a stepmother, Anna Bushaw, Camden; two brothers, George Bushaw, McConnellsville, and a stepsister, Sonja Kolonko, Camden. Mr. Filkins was born March 21, 1919, in Richland, the son of Raymond and Florence Coon Filkins. He attended Pulaski Academy and Central School. He married Arlis I. Bushaw, September 25, 1940. The couple lived in Richland. Mr. Filkins worked for New York Central Railroad and Conrail in Watertown as a car inspector for 44 years, retiring in 1979. He was a past member of the Richland Fire Department. Mrs. Filkins was born December 13, 1921, in Pyrites, the daughter of Leonard and Agnes Badger Bushaw. She attended school in Sandy Creek. She had been employed by Curtiss Mills, Richland.