Patsy Jenkins (Bolivar)'s Obituary
Patsy Odell Keller Jenkins was born on May 19, 1927 in Boise, Idaho. Her parents were Doyle & Evelyn (Jacobs) Keller. Patsy was their only child. When Patsy was 1 ½ years old, the family moved to Glendale, California where she went through Grammar School and, in June of 1944, graduated from Hoover High School.
In 1945, she married William Laney and to this union three daughters were born: Jodie in 1947, Susan in 1950, and Melinda in 1955. Several years later William and Patsy separated and ultimately divorced. On March 10, 1972, Patsy married Russell Arthur Jenkins in the home of Lloyd and Lila Day in La Crescenta, California.
Patsy was preceded in death by her parents; father-in-law, Everett Ora Jenkins; mother-in-law, Verda Ellen Russell Jenkins; sister-in-law, Shirley Marie Michler Jenkins; brother-in-law, Manley Clyde Michler; and grandson, Barry Shull.
She is survived by her husband, Russell Arthur Jenkins of Bolivar; her daughters, Jodie Laney Shull of Pasadena, California, Susan (Dennis) Laney McNerney and Melinda (Rob) Laney Pegler, both of La Crescenta, California; grandsons, Dennis (Dubs) McNerney and Evan Pegler, both of La Crescenta, California; and granddaughter Tina (Craig Mandelbaum) Shull of Costa Mesa, California.
Patsy is also survived by step-sons, Russell William Jenkins of Stockton, Missouri, James Alan Jenkins of Placerville, California; step-daughter, Barbara Ann Jenkins of Stockton, Missouri; step-grandson, Nicholas Jenkins of Stockton, Missouri; and step-granddaughter, Erin Jenkins of San Francisco, California. She is also survived by her special friend of 56 years, Lila Day of Pearland, Texas.
Patsy and Russell moved from Diamond Springs, California to Polk, Missouri in October of 1995 and soon began attending church services at Mt. View Missionary Baptist Church in Polk, becoming members in March of 1996.
Patsy requested that she be cremated and did not wish to have a formal funeral. Patsy and Russell agreed that he too will be cremated without a formal service. A Celebration of Life will be forthcoming upon Russell’s passing and their urns will be interred in the Mt. View Cemetery in Polk.
Patsy was a wonderful daughter, a wonderful mother, a wonderful wife, and a loyal friend.
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