• General Notes

  daughter of STEPHEN HUNT and FAIRY SMITH
  
  Life of Millie Mabel Hunt Wilkin as written by her son, Richard A. (Rick) Wilkin.
  
  Millie Mabel Hunt was the first child born to Stephen Dixon and Fairy Bell (Smith) Hunt. She was born near Mt. Joy, Ohio on the border of Sciota and Pike County, Ohio on December 12, 1912. As a child she grew up in Pike County and attended Church at Mt. Joy, Ohio. When she was in her teens her family moved to Fayette County where she met and married Emmitt Richard Wilkin of Highland County Ohio.
  
  They were married on March 12, 1934. She and Emmitt set up housekeeping on Emmitt's Aunt's farm in Highland County, and remained there for several years. She maintained the household and helped with all of the chores. Millie gave birth to five children; first was Betty Louise Wilkin on February 14, 1935; then came James Edward Wilkin on April 1, 1939. By that time the family had moved to a rented farm in Licking County at a town called Toboso. Then Donald Lee Wilkin was born on August 26, 1941.
  
  Sometime around 1945 while World War Two was in progress, the family moved to another rental farm near Homer, Ohio in Licking County. The last of the five children who were twins, Richard Allen and Margaret Ann Wilkin were born July 9, 1946.
  
  Millie was always busy taking care of her family, her chickens and the gardens. She canned it seemed throughout the summer and even delivered meals to the field to feed her family while they worked in the crops. Her house was always clean and children well cared for. She always encouraged them to do their best.
  
  In the summer of 1961 after having several years of difficulties, Emmitt and Millie separated and later divorced. Millie made her way to Croton, Ohio and worked to support her two youngest children. She would stay with elderly people as a live-in Practical Nurse. After Margaret and Richard graduated from High School and Richard left for service in the US Air Force and Margaret was ready to go off to Nursing School in Washington D.C., Millie bought a Mobil Home and moved south of Heath on US 79, north of Hebron. She lived there for a few years and then moved her home to Heath, Ohio, just over the Raceway and after a few years purchased a piece of ground on Chevrolet Avenue between Outville and Pataskala, Ohio.
  
  All this time she continued to work as an LPN, taking care of elderly people in their homes. She worked long and hard hours and only got home to her little house on weekends or when the relief Nurse was scheduled. When she retired about 1985, soon after her health began to deteriorate. By 1987 it was clear to her family that she could no longer be living so far away from them. Richard had moved to Michigan where he was working and living after retiring from the Air Force. Margaret had moved to Evansville, Indiana. Millie sold her home on Chevrolet Avenue and decided to move to Evansville to be near Margaret and her family.
  
  She rented an apartment Senior Citizens on Fulton Ave. in Evansville and Richard and his wife Anna packed her up in Ohio and moved her to her new home in Evansville. When they arrived there Margaret and husband Ron McMillen moved her things into her apartment. She remained there for several years. About 1994, Millie fell in her apartment and broke her hip. She had to have surgery to replace the broken hip and then went to live with Margaret and her family at their home in Evansville. Millie's health continue to fail and it got to the point that Margaret and her family could no longer give here continuous care that she needed and she was moved to the Holiday Care Center where she is residing at this writing (1999- 2000). She is very active in the various activities of the Care Center and has been elected to the Council there.
  
  Margaret and family have remained vigil in their care for Millie. The rest of her family gather around her whenever they can. Margaret has had as many as twenty people at a time who have crowded into her home for Thanksgiving Dinners, Christmas, and of course around Dec. 10th. The family of Millie owe a great debt of gratitude to Ron and Margaret for all they have done throughout the years for Millie. Millie continues with the Love of all her family and will be 88 years old on December 10, 2000.
  By Richard A. (Rick) Wilkin.
  

Details of Millie's family with Emmitt Richard Wilkin