Jean Ariel Larkin

Background

Larkin, Jean Ariel was born on May 5, 1928 in Topeka. Son of Robert Gault Larkin and Elizabeth (McClelland) Clara.

Education

Attended, Kiswaukee Junior College.

Career

Office worker Texaco, Denver, 1947—1948. Antique shop owner; operator Storeybook Antiques, De Kalb County, Illinois, 1972—1981. With antique and book shop, Sycamore, from 1981.

President Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Parent-Teachers Association, 1960. With volunteer rare book preservationist Morton Arboretum Library, Lisle, Illinois, from 1980.

Achievements

• Jean Ariel Larkin has been listed as a noteworthy retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Sunday school teacher St. Marks Episcopal Church, Glen Ellyn, 1960, librarian St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Sycamore, from 1979. Leader DuPage County Council Girl Scouts United States, 1960. Member of Antique Dealers Association (secretary 1970), Northern Illinois Antique Dealers Association, Midwest Book Hunters, Altrusan International, Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Book., Columbian Literary (Sycamore).

Connections

Married Storey Judson Larkin, January 3, 1948. Children: Barbara Voorhees, Josephine Susan, Midge E.

Father:

Robert Gault Larkin Clara

Mother:

Elizabeth (McClelland) Clara

Spouse:

Storey Judson Larkin

child:

Josephine Susan Larkin

child:

Midge E. Larkin

child:

Barbara Voorhees Larkin