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Marvin R. “Red” Jenkins

[March 15, 2015]  LINCOLN - Marvin R. “Red” Jenkins, 79, of Lincoln, passed away at 1:35 P.M. on Friday, March 13, 2015 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation: Monday, March 16 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Jefferson Street Church in Lincoln

Service: Monday, March 16 at 6 p.m. at the church

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln

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Marvin R. “Red” Jenkins, 79, of Lincoln, passed away at 1:35 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2015 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Red was born on May 7, 1935 in Manitou, KY, son of Ural Herbert and Ruby I. Stone Jenkins. He was united in marriage to Rosita Stover on June 12, 1965 at Germantown Hills. She survives in St. Peters, MO. Other survivors include his daughters: Michelle (Chris) Allison of Atlanta; Ryan (Scott) Bradford of St. Peters, MO; grandchildren: Emily Reiners, Libbie Reiners, Jesse Reiners, Finn Bradford, Sean Bradford; great grandchild: Jaxson McMullen; siblings: Wayne Jenkins of Madisonville, KY; and Sylvia Mae Gardner of Nashville, TN.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother: Thomas Jenkins; and his sisters: Wanda Ipock and Bonnie Outler.

Red served in the U.S. Army and he was stationed in Germany. He was an owner of Jenkins Insurance Agency and was a former business agent of the LIUNA. He was a member of the Jefferson Street Christian Church in Lincoln.

Cremation rites will be accorded. A memorial service for Red will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2015 at Jefferson Street Christian Church with Rev. Henry Johnson officiating. A visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Military rites will be accorded by the Lincoln American Legion Post # 263. Memorials may be given to the Haitian Christian Outreach. Arrangements are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.

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