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Alma Virginia <I>Blosser</I> Jenkins

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Alma Virginia Blosser Jenkins

Birth
Stanley, Page County, Virginia, USA
Death
7 Jun 2009 (aged 91)
Braddock Heights, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Alma Virginia was the second oldest child of George Frank Blosser and Mary Magdalene Rinehart Blosser. She has three sisters, Margaret Elizabeth B. Dove, Jeannette Alda B. White, Clarice Catherine B. White and one brother, Dale Franklin Blosser. She married Daniel Cameron Jenkins from Kilmarnock, VA. on October 28, 1940 in Arlington, VA. They have two children, Gary Lee Jenkins and Merry Elizabeth J. Carlson, one grandson, Cameron Darrell Van Nort Carlson and two other special children in their lives, Donnie Potter and Theresa Potter.

Obituary:

Alma Virginia Blosser Jenkins, 91, of Kilmarnock died June 7, 2009.
Mrs. Jenkins was the widow of Daniel Cameron "D. C." Jenkins Jr., who died in 1993.
She was born April 18, 1918, in Stanley to George and Mary Blosser. She moved to Kilmarnock in 1939 to begin her teaching career at the one room Seventh-day Adventist Church School. She soon met and married Daniel C. Jenkins, Jr. During the 1940s and 1950s she took time off from teaching to travel to several foreign countries with her husband, who worked as a heavy equipment operator on several highway and airport construction projects. They also opened and operated the Kilmarnock Home Bakery. She retired from teaching in 1981 after a total of 30 years, most of which were spent in the Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church School.
She was a longtime and active member of the Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church where she served in several offices including children's Sabbath School teacher, Sabbath School Superintendent, church treasurer and board member.
She is survived by her children, Gary L. Jenkins, a daughter and son-in-law, Merry Beth and Dave Carlson, Donnie Potter and Theresa Potter; a grandson, Cameron Darrell Van Nort Carlson, all of Kilmarnock; a sister, Clarice B. White of Braddock Heights, Md.; a brother, Dale F. Blosser of Orange City, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Lila Rose of White Stone; nieces and nephews, and many children around the world that she mothered through the years.
Funeral services were held June 10 at the Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Dave Carlson, Slater Pittman. Keith White, Sr., William Johnson, Dickie Smith and Steve Haynie.
Memorials may be made to Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 1024, Kilmarnock, VA 22482.
Currie Funeral Home in Kilmarnock handled the arrangements.

From the Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, VA., June 11 2009 issue
Alma Virginia was the second oldest child of George Frank Blosser and Mary Magdalene Rinehart Blosser. She has three sisters, Margaret Elizabeth B. Dove, Jeannette Alda B. White, Clarice Catherine B. White and one brother, Dale Franklin Blosser. She married Daniel Cameron Jenkins from Kilmarnock, VA. on October 28, 1940 in Arlington, VA. They have two children, Gary Lee Jenkins and Merry Elizabeth J. Carlson, one grandson, Cameron Darrell Van Nort Carlson and two other special children in their lives, Donnie Potter and Theresa Potter.

Obituary:

Alma Virginia Blosser Jenkins, 91, of Kilmarnock died June 7, 2009.
Mrs. Jenkins was the widow of Daniel Cameron "D. C." Jenkins Jr., who died in 1993.
She was born April 18, 1918, in Stanley to George and Mary Blosser. She moved to Kilmarnock in 1939 to begin her teaching career at the one room Seventh-day Adventist Church School. She soon met and married Daniel C. Jenkins, Jr. During the 1940s and 1950s she took time off from teaching to travel to several foreign countries with her husband, who worked as a heavy equipment operator on several highway and airport construction projects. They also opened and operated the Kilmarnock Home Bakery. She retired from teaching in 1981 after a total of 30 years, most of which were spent in the Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church School.
She was a longtime and active member of the Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church where she served in several offices including children's Sabbath School teacher, Sabbath School Superintendent, church treasurer and board member.
She is survived by her children, Gary L. Jenkins, a daughter and son-in-law, Merry Beth and Dave Carlson, Donnie Potter and Theresa Potter; a grandson, Cameron Darrell Van Nort Carlson, all of Kilmarnock; a sister, Clarice B. White of Braddock Heights, Md.; a brother, Dale F. Blosser of Orange City, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Lila Rose of White Stone; nieces and nephews, and many children around the world that she mothered through the years.
Funeral services were held June 10 at the Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Dave Carlson, Slater Pittman. Keith White, Sr., William Johnson, Dickie Smith and Steve Haynie.
Memorials may be made to Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 1024, Kilmarnock, VA 22482.
Currie Funeral Home in Kilmarnock handled the arrangements.

From the Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, VA., June 11 2009 issue


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  • Created by: GJ Relative Parent
  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38446304/alma_virginia-jenkins: accessed ), memorial page for Alma Virginia Blosser Jenkins (18 Apr 1918–7 Jun 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38446304, citing Seventh Day Adventist Church Cemetery, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by GJ (contributor 47117269).