Deloris B. Jenkins, 89, passed away Monday, September 18, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Home in Evansville, Indiana.

She was born January 15, 1917 in Edwards County, Illinois to Clyde & Fleta (Leipold) Beckner.

She was retired from the former Potter & Brumfield in Princeton where she worked for over 25 years and also formerly co-owned & co-operated Jenkins Grocery. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Princeton and attended the Bethel Temple Community Church while in Evansville. She was an avid quilter in her retirement years and a member of Rebekah Lodge in Princeton.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Clyde E. Jenkins in December of 1985 and also her twin sister, Doris Downey. 

Survivors include her daughter, Judy (Kenneth) Griesemer of Evansville, IN; 3 grandchildren, Cathy Harris, David Griesemer & Linda Robertson; 
8 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy Muncie of Avon, IN; 2 nieces & 2 nephews including Jim Eads of Princeton. 

Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Friday, September 22, 2006 at the Colvin Funeral Home in Princeton, officiated by Rev. David Griesemer.

Friends may visit from 12 noon until the service hour on Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Columbia "White" Church Cemetery in Princeton.