oe Evening News, Fri., Aug. 5, 1994

 

 

 

Rufus H. Jenkins

BROWNSTOWN — Rufus H.
Jenkins, 95, of Brownstown, for-
merly of Flat Rock, died at 10:15
p.m. Wednesday in his home. He
had been ill since June.

Friends may call until 9 tonight
and from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in
the Arthur Bobcean Funeral
Home, Flat Rock, where Hiram
Lodge 110, Free and Accepted
Masons, will conduct a service at
7:30 tonight. Funeral services will
be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the
funeral home with the Rev. Dana
Strall of the South Rockwood

United Methodist Church offici-

ating. Burial will be in Michigan
Memorial Park, Flat Rock. ;

Born Sept. 20, 1898, in New-
port, Tenn., he was the son of
Caswell T. and Millie (Butler)
Jenkins. He was married Feb. 22,
1929, to Dorothy Strong in
Detroit. They made their home in
Flat Rock until 1958, retiring to
Venice, Fla. They then moved to
Brownstown in 1991. Mrs. Jenk-
ins died Feb. 16, 1991. :

He had been employed as an
electrical maintenance foreman at
the Detroit Edison Co., Trenton
Channel Plant, for 34 years, retir-
ing in 1958.

Mr. Jenkins was a life member
and past president of the Hiram
Lodge 110, F and AM; a member
of the First United Methodist
Church of Flat Rock, and the
Venice-Nakomis United
Methodist Church in Venice, Fla.

Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. McLellan (June) Morford of
Flat Rock, Mrs. David (Betty)
Hunter of Trenton and Carol
Blohm of Gibraltar; seven grand-
children, and 12 great-grandchil-
dren.

He also was preceded in. deat
by nine brothers and sisters.

Memorials may be made to the
First United Methodist Church of
Flat Rock.

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