Daniel Clifton Meekins, Jr.

1926 - 2012  (85 years)

• Name	Daniel Clifton Meekins
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	30 Sep 1926	District of Columbia, United States of America
  	Source: URL https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PY-JQ2
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Mar 2012	Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland, USA
  	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. Family links: Spouse: Marie Astorga Meekins (1925 - 1999)*
  Buried	Silver Spring, Montgomery County Maryland, USA
  	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 ,   d. 4 Feb1999, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	7 Jul 1953	Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
  	Daniel Clifton Meekins Jr. was a resident of Washington, D.C. when he married Maria Camilia Astorga Calonje. Source: Marriage record.
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F1382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 7 Jul 1953 - Managua, Managua, Nicaragua Died - 12 Mar 2012 - Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland, USA Buried - - Silver Spring, Montgomery County Maryland, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		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

  
  

  Headstones

  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

  
  

• Notes

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