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Author: Ardis48
Surnames: AIKINS, CASEY, GOETHALS
Classification: obituary
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A. Brian AIKINS, South Bend, Ind. age 62, of South Bend, Ind., a former CEO of Oak
International Inc. of Sturgis, Mich. died April 12, 1998, at Memorial Hospital in South
Bend. He was born Aug. 25, 1935 in Alberta, Canada. In 1959 he married Barbara CASEY in
Chicago. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1961-1963. A CEO of Oak International
Inc. of Sturgis from 1970-1990, he moved to the South Bend area in 1992, where he became a
member of SCORE and an adjunct professor at St. Mary's College and in the College of
Business at the University of Notre Dame. He also served on the board of directors of
C.F.B. Inc. in Bristol and Shamrock Network Design Co. He was a member of Sacred Heart
Parish. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Julie Ann AIKINS of Houston, Texas; two
sons, Daniel M. AIKINS of Frankfort, Germany and Mark J. AIKINS of South Bend; two
granddaughters; and one sister, Brenda GOETHALS of Sturgis. there will be no visitation.
Mass is at 9:30 a.m. Thursd!
ay at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame du Lac. In leu of flowers, memorials
may be directed to Catholic Worker House in South Bend, Camp Eberhart or to the Education
Department of the Snite Art Museum at Notre Dame. Arrangements were handled by the Hickey
Funeral Homes of South Bend source: unknown newspaper Apr 1998 (submitted by a volunteer,
no family connection)
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