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Mr. Willie Perlow Atkins Jr of Springfield, 56, of 28 Columbia Terrace, formally of 57 Marlborough Street died on Wednesday at Mercy Hospital. He was retired from Daniel O'Connell & Sons Construction Co. (now Daniel O'Connell's Sons) of which he was a dedicated and respectable skilled laborer of 32 years and formerly a proud member of Local Union 999. 

He was one of the first Black construction workers ever employed by the firm in Western …

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Born

January 13th, 1938
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Passed away

October 26th, 1994
Springfield, MA

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Willie Atkins