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Carmen A. Atkinson

RIO / WYOCENA  --  Carmen A. Atkinson, age 80, of Portage, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Columbia Healthcare Center in Wyocena.

Carmen was born on November 8, 1933 in Milwaukee, the daughter of Walter and Hertha (Poweleit) Billington.  She loved her word search books, enjoyed food and always had candy on hand.  Carmen also enjoyed spending time with her close family.

She is survived by her children, Doug Atkinson, of Portage and his two daughters, Paige of Colorado and Angelea and her two children, Ava and Easton, of Indiana, Delwyn (Rachael) Atkinson and their daughter, Averi, of Colorado Springs, CO, and Deana (Darren) Miller and their children, Cheyenne, Asia and Ty, of Pardeeville; her sister, Janet Rodenkirch, of Sun Prairie; other near relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her children, James, Duane, Daniel and Diane Atkinson.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 10, 2014 at the Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home in Portage, with Pastor Dave Bauman officiating.  Burial will follow in Pardeeville Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at the Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home in Portage, and on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service.

Memorials may be made to the Jump Rope for Heart Program, c/o John Muir Elementary School, 2600 Woodcrest, Portage, WI  53901;  (checks can be made payable to the American Heart Association).

 

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