Virginia Patricia Awakuni

1950 - 2023

Virginia Patricia Awakuni, 73 of Burkburnett, Texas joined her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, June 23, 2023.

The family will receive friends from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Owens and Brumley Funeral Home in Burkburnett, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Church at Sheppard, 2101 Puckett Rd. Wichita Falls, Texas on Friday, June 30, 2023, at 2pm with Pastor Mark Mackey officiating. Interment will follow at Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.

Virginia, better known as Jenny, was born April 27, 1950, in Warrington, England to Kenneth Franklin Hampton and Mary Wade Hampton (Anderson). In 1955, Roy and Betty Brown of Burkburnett adopted her and her brother. Jenny graduated from Burkburnett High School in 1968. Jenny gave birth to two boys from a previous marriage and later moved to Logan, Utah. She worked at Utah State University where she would eventually meet the love of her life of 40 years Russell Awakuni. Russell and Jenny had a son in 1985. Jenny would then go on to pursue her degree in nursing from Weber State University in Utah. Later, Russell, Jenny and sons would all eventually move back to Burkburnett, Texas. Her first job in Texas was at Wichita General Hospital in 1992. Soon after, in 1995, Jenny would become the nurse at I.C. Evans Elementary where she was known as Nurse Jenny for the next 26 years. Jenny retired from Burkburnett ISD in 2021. In 2010, Jenny reunited with her birth mother who shortly passed away in 2012. With this rekindled relationship, she gained a whole new family in England and found a sister and brother she talked with regularly. She then traveled to England to meet them all and took her sons to meet them as well.  Jenny was regularly active and never liked to just sit around. She took pride in her yard and loved to work in the garden. She was adamant about exercising and before she became ill, she was doing CrossFit at the age of 72. Jenny was the best cook. She liked to bake and send samples to her children any chance she would get. Jenny loved her Children and Grandchildren. She supported her children in all that they did and hardly ever missed a chance to watch her grandchildren on the sidelines. She was involved in church all her life and always wanted to serve other people. Not only did she love to help people, but she also loved animals. She always had a full house of dogs and would feed stray cats. She was a giver to everyone and expected nothing in return. Jenny was a loving wife, mother, Grandma, Nana, sister, aunt, cousin, niece, daughter, and friend to all that knew her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth Franklin Hampton, Mary Wade Anderson, Roy and Betty Brown. Her Grandparents, Wilson (Bill) Wade and Mary (Molly) Potts. Her Aunts Patricia Wade (Tovey) and Ann Wade (Evison).

She is survived by her husband, Russell of Burkburnett; son, Michael Montgomery of Paris, Texas; son, David Montgomery and his wife Becky of Burkburnett; son, Eron Awakuni and his wife Amanda of Holiday; brother, Kenny Brown and his wife Linda of Burkburnett; half-sister, Lois Stuckey of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; half-brother, Tanner Newsham and his wife ChiChi of Tallahassee, Florida; Grandchildren, Joseph Montgomery, Jonathan Montgomery, Kai Awakuni, Max Awakuni and Hallie Awakuni; her beloved first, second and third cousins in England,  her nephews their wives and children in Texas and nephews in Louisiana.