William “Bill” T. Wadkins of Milford died on Friday, January 1, 2010. He was 81.
Bill was born on June 16, 1928, in Milford, son of the late Robert J. and Elsie (Maloney) Wadkins.
He worked in the trucking industry for 48 years, beginning with the Masten Trucking Co., T.I.E.,
Red Star Express and lastly with T.N.T., retiring in 1994. Bill was a Million Mile safe driver recipient and a Delaware State Truck Driver Rodeo Champion many times.
Bill was a member of the Masonic Temple Lodge #9 A.F. & A.M., the Evergreen Forest #49 Tall Cedars of Lebanon and a Shriner. He was a York Rite and 32 degree Scottish Rite Mason.
He enjoyed playing Santa and chatting with everyone he met.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Pearl Benson Wadkins; a son, William T. Wadkins, Jr. and his wife Emma; a daughter, Gaillyn Berry and her husband Kenneth; and a grandson, Kyle Berry — all of Milford.
Services will be held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Rogers Funeral Home, 301 Lakeview Ave., Milford, where the family will greet friends after 10 a.m. A Masonic service will begin at 11:45 a.m.
Interment will be held in the Milford Community Cemetery on North Walnut Street.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial contributions to the Milford Lions Service Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 25, Milford, DE, 19963 or to the Temple Lodge #9 Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 256, Milford, DE, 19963.
Milford, Del. —
