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Julia Tonkin Obituary

TONKIN, JULIA JULIA MARIE TONKIN March 19, 1926 - June 9, 2003 A resident of North Hills, California, she was 77. Julia was the President of Balboa Racket Club in 1967, the Tennis Tournament Chairman for the City of Hope and a nationally ranked tennis player from age 45 to 60. She also played tennis weekly at Petit Park Tennis Courts with her friends. Survived by son, Victor John Wilk and daughter-in-law, Sarah Wilk of Las Vegas; sisters, Josephine Lease and Mary Keegan, and brother , Stanley Wilk of Pennsylvania. Services will be held at Shepherd of the Hills Church on Monday, June 16, 2003, 11:00 a.m. BASTIAN & PERROTT MORTUARY Northridge (818) 886-8600

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Published by Los Angeles Daily News on Jun. 14, 2003.

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