Leona Wilkins
Tuesday, November 9, 1926
Date of Death:
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Age:
86 years old
Tuesday, November 9, 1926
Date of Death:
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Age:
86 years old
Tuesday, November 9, 1926
Date of Death:
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Age:
86 years old
Leona Wilkins
A funeral Mass for Leona (Lee) Wilkins will be at 10:30AM on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at St Francis Catholic Church in Rochester with Rev. Mark McNea officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester.
Mrs. Wilkins, 86, a long time resident of Rochester, died Thursday (June 13, 2013) at Three Links Care Center in Northfield, MN with her son, granddaughters, grandson-in-law and great grandson at her side.
She was born November 9, 1926 in New Prague, MN. She came to Rochester in 1946 to work as a nursing assistant at Saint Marys Hospital. On May 4, 1948, she married Harvey George Wilkins in Iowa. In the late 1950’s she returned to work at Waters Conley creating many lasting friendships. The job she liked most was dining hall supervisor at Rochester State Hospital where she worked joyfully with a sense of responsibility and compassion until the hospital was closed. She then worked at the JC Penneys restaurant and Barlows Restaurant. She was a gentle and fun woman who was also strong and a go getter.
She loved to spend time in her garden tending to her many perennials, now transplanted and tended to by her son. She was very close with her two granddaughters and loved cooking breakfast with them, teaching them her famous pie and cookie recipes and just being by their side as they played as kids. Now in their twenties and thirties, she loved to talk fashion with them
She is survived by her son Colby of Edina, MN; granddaughters Tia Wilkins Senenfelder of Plymouth, MN and Evy Wilkins of San Francisco, CA, great grandson Memphis Colby James Senenfelder; two brothers, Ray and Emil Moran of New Prague and a sister Stacie Quinelle of Northfield, MN. Her husband Harvey George Wilkins; sister Emily Irene (Moran) Rogers and brother Leonard Robert Moran preceded her in death.
Macken Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com
A funeral Mass for Leona (Lee) Wilkins will be at 10:30AM on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at St Francis Catholic Church in Rochester with Rev. Mark McNea officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester.
Mrs. Wilkins, 86, a long time resident of Rochester, died Thursday (June 13, 2013) at Three Links Care Center in Northfield, MN with her son, granddaughters, grandson-in-law and great grandson at her side.
She was born November 9, 1926 in New Prague, MN. She came to Rochester in 1946 to work as a nursing assistant at Saint Marys Hospital. On May 4, 1948, she married Harvey George Wilkins in Iowa. In the late 1950’s she returned to work at Waters Conley creating many lasting friendships. The job she liked most was dining hall supervisor at Rochester State Hospital where she worked joyfully with a sense of responsibility and compassion until the hospital was closed.
She then worked at the JC Penneys restaurant and Barlows Restaurant. She was a gentle and fun woman who was also strong and a go getter.
She loved to spend time in her garden tending to her many perennials, now transplanted and tended to by her son. She was very close with her two granddaughters and loved cooking breakfast with them, teaching them her famous pie and cookie recipes and just being by their side as they played as kids. Now in their twenties and thirties, she loved to talk fashion with them
She is survived by her son Colby of Edina, MN; granddaughters Tia Wilkins Senenfelder of Plymouth, MN and Evy Wilkins of San Francisco, CA, great grandson Memphis Colby James Senenfelder; two brothers, Ray and Emil Moran of New Prague and a sister Stacie Quinelle of Northfield, MN. Her husband Harvey George Wilkins preceded her in death.
Macken Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com
Condolences
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I knew Lee only later in her very productive life. She seemed to me to be so very pleasant and always working. I saw her mostly at church rummages sales and was amazed at her work ethic-outside doing yard work, shoveling, or walking to the grocery store or down town. Many times she showed me her beautiful garden that always had something in bloom.
I am pleased you put her picture in the paper as a young women as well as one that is more recent. She was very beautiful.
I have cut out the obituary and will send it to her good friend now living in Florida, Donna Sullivan.
She was blessed to have her family by her side as she passed on
Sending love and hugs to Colby, girls and entire family. I remember Aunt Lee as always being kind and fashionable. Wish I knew her better!