Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Ruth A. (Phillips) 2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 12, 2011, 1:13 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 20 Jun 2000 Ruth A. Jenkins, 73, of Muir, formerly of Portland, died on June 16, 2000. Jenkins was born on Feb. 25, 1927, in Portland, the daughter of Loyd W. and Lillian L. (Spencer) Phillips. Jenkins was employed with the Greenville Products, Chrysler Corp. and Barley Earhart as a line worker. She enjoyed gardening and working on her lawn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl. J. Jenkins in 1983, her father in 1983 and her mother in 1999. Surviving are two daughters, Stephanie Y. (Phillip) Starkey of Fenwick and Sheila Y. Jenkins-Fedewa of Lansing; two sons, Scott C. of Fla. and Gregory S. of Mich.; two grandsons, Patrick M. and Daniel L. of Fedewa; three great-grandchildren, Jacob P., Kaitlin G. and Lindsey Fedewa; and one brother, George B. “Jack” Phillips of Lansing. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Gorsline-Runciman Co. Neller Chapel, 210 W. Bridge St., Portland with Rev. Scott K. Otis, Pastor of the Portland United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Danby Cemetery, Danby Township. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until the time of the service today. Those desiring may make contributions to Ingham Medical Regional Center, 401 N. Greenlawn, Lansing 48910 in memory of Jenkins. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/jenkins16138nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb