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Ira R Jenkins
7 Jul 1850 – 11 Apr 1934
| Birth | 7 Jul 1850 |
| Death | 11 Apr 1934 |
| Cemetery | Mount Hope Cemetery Scotia , Greeley County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Kathy Burgess Burr on 06 Jul 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91885635 |
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Scotia Register, Scotia, NE, 12 April 1934: I. R. Jenkins I. R. Jenkins Dies At His Home Last Night Riverdale Man Succumbs to Lingering Illness at Age of Eighty-five Years Funeral Services Saturday L. R. Jenkins, 85, of the Riverdale community, died last night following an illness of several months duration. He was the father of Mrs. Paul Maddox, Mrs. Alfred Miller, Joy, Ollie, Betty, Ross and John Jenkins, who live in or near Scotia. Funeral services will be held at the Scotia Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock with Rev. L. A. Moore, pastor, in charge. Burial will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery here. Scotia Register, Scotia, NE, 19 April 1934: I. R. Jenkins Funeral in Scotia Saturday Rites of Methodist Church Conducted by Rev. L. A. Moore for Riverdale Community Man; Burial In Scotia Cemetery Ira R. Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Jenkins, was born July 08, 1850, in Jones County, Iowa. He lived there until he was twelve years of age. His parents then moved to West Fork, Iowa. Here Mr. Jenkins grew to manhood. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Kenzel of Sheffield, Iowa, September 1, 1878. Eight children were born to this union. Six are living and two died in infancy. Those living are Mrs. David Alters and Mrs. Willard White of Grand Island, Nebraska, Mrs. H. D. Cook of Jerome, Idaho, Mrs. Joe Krwanek of Long View, Washington, Mrs. Antone Gradoville of Ovina, Nebraska, and Glenn Jenkins of Wendell, Idaho. Mr. Jenkins first wife passed away in Sheffield in 1894. He was married in 1896 to Miss Carrie Scott of Sheffield, Iowa, taking his family to Meadow Grove, Nebraska, in 1901. He resided there until 1909. He made his home in Canyon City, Texas, a few years. The climate broke his health and he moved to Grand Island, Nebraska. He made his home there until 1915 when he took his family to a farm five miles north east of North Loup. Here he remained until his death April 11. Mr. Jenkins was a member of the Methodist church which he joined in early manhood. He will always be remembered as a man who loved his home. He farmed nearly all his life, and loved his life's work. He was a loving father and husband to the very last. Mr. Jenkins had good health until the last year. He failed slowly but was not sick until the last of December. He suffered much since then, but bore his burden in a wonderful manner always patient and cheerful, ready to help those all he could has been his nature in sickness and in health. He leaves to mourn, his wife, thirteen children, twenty-five grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren, one brother, Frank Jenkins of Tilden, Nebraska, and a number of other relatives and many friends. The pallbearers were Orin Carr, Mike Schudel, Albert Brown, Claude Thomas, John Schultz, and George Baker.
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- Sarah Elizabeth "Libbie" Kenzel Jenkins 1862–1894
- Caroline Effie "Carrie" Scott Jenkins 1877–1948 FaG
Children
- Nora Mable Jenkins Alter 1878–1946
- Gail Edith Jenkins Krivanek 1883–1950
- Eva Leila Jenkins Gradoville 1886–1968
- Glenn Lue Due Jenkins 1890–1967
- Hazel Jenkins Judy 1893–1980
- Gladys Lucille Jenkins Maddox 1900–1974
- Ross Logan Jenkins 1906–1969
- Nannie Bell Jenkins Miller 1908–1973
- John Wesley Jenkins 1909–1937
- Olive Fern "Ollie" Jenkins Groetzinger 1913–1996
- Joy Gwendolyn Jenkins Honeycutt 1915–1987
- Betty Marie Jenkins Cates 1923–1990
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