Marguerite Bernadette Jenkins, 92, passed away on December 17, 2014 in Goodyear, Arizona. She was born on November 11, 1922, in Johnston City, Illinois to James and Ida (Davis) Matthews. After a short career as a bookkeeper, Marguerite was a stay-at-home mother to ten children. Marguerite married Sidney Jenkins September 25, 1943, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. They were happily married for 71 years. Marguerite was preceded in death by her father James Matthews; her mother Ida Davis; her brothers, James and Robert; her sister, Mary Katherine; and her son, Robert Lloyd Jenkins. Marguerite is survived by her spouse Sidney of Goodyear, Arizona; her children, Helen, Kenneth (Pilar), Linda (John), Paul (Jean), Richard, Patricia, Sidney (Phyllis), Phillip (Cindy) and Marguerite (Paul); her daughter-in-law Joanne; her brother John Harry (Janet); 19 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and many other relatives. Visitation will be held at Thompson Funeral Chapel, 926 South Litchfield Road, Goodyear, AZ, 85338 at 4 to 8 PM, service at 5 PM, on December 27, 2014. Burial will be at National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ. Condolences may be left online at www.never-gone.com/memorials/margueritejenkins.
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