RESERVE SERGEANT ARTHUR G. SOLKEMA

BADGE 47, ID 9044

SDPD 09/16/1958 - 09/17/1977

08/15/1906 - 10/14/2000

San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - Wednesday, October 18, 2000

Aug. 15, 1906-Oct. 14, 2000

Arthur G. Solkema, 94, of San Diego died Saturday. He was born in Michigan. Mr. Solkema was employed as an automobile mechanic with a Texaco service station. He belonged to San Diego First Assembly of God Church, and was a 20-year member of the San Diego Police Reserve.

Survivors include his wife, Bertha Solkema; daughters, Geraldine Jones of Clinton, Mo., and Cathy Grantham of Anchorage, Alaska; son, Arthur Solkema Jr. of El Cajon; sister, Dorothy Hart of Vancouver, Wash.; seven grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

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