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Owens, Delores (Schlitter) Wilkins 1923-1999

SCHLITTER, HENKES, WILKINS, OWENS, STRELOW, MIELKE, KLOTZBACH, FOSTER, DROMGOOLE

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 6/28/2011 at 22:06:42

SOURCE: Monona, Iowa, MONONA BILLBOARD,September 1, 1999
Contributor: Connie Ellis (SCHLITTER FAMILY RESEARCHER)

Delores Owens, age 76, of Grand Junction, Colorado, died Tuesday, August 3, 1999 at her home. A funeral service was held Tuesday, August 10 at 10:00 a.m. at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary. A second funeral service was held at the Garden City United Methodist Church, Monona, Iowa on Monday, August 16, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. Burial was in the Monona City Cemetery, Monona, Iowa on Monday following the funeral.

Delores Mae was born January 29, 1923 at Monona, Iowa to John Benjamin and Mabel (Henkes) Schlitter. She attended school in Monona, Iowa. Delores married Wayne Eldo Wilkins on May 3, 1937. Wayne died July 12, 1979 at Salt Lake City, Utah. On February 14, 1982 She married Jack Owens in Las Vegas, Nevada. He died on January 25, 1990. Delores had been a resident of Grand Junction, Colorado since 1955 and worked for many years at Flannery Electric. She was a member of the Grand Junction Gem and Mineral Club where she served as the membership chairman since 1992. Delores enjoyed rockhounding, lapidary arts, jewelry making, four-wheeling and volunteering for transportation and respite care. She joined the Alzheimer's Group in 1985. In 1987 she was elected corresponding secretary and put in charge of the donation books. Her other memberships included the Senior Recreation Center and the Singles Activity Group.

Delores was preceded in death by her parents; her two husbands, Wayne and Jack; and 1 brother Melvin Schlitter.

Delores is survived by her 2 sons, Ronald Wilkins of Hood River, Oregon and Thomas Wilkins of Montrose, Colorado; 2 brothers, Elmer Schlitter and Donald Schlitter, both of Monona, Iowa; 4 sisters, Ethel Strelow, Marie Mount, Helen Mielke, and Edna Klotzbach, all of Monona, Iowa; 3 grandchildren, Etta Wilkins-Foster, Jason Wilkins, and Julie Wilkins-Dromgoole. Delores is also survived by a special friend, Otto Armstrong.


 

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