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Dec. 5, 2025

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Wakemans Grove Church of the Brethren

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Jean Wilkins Obituary

Jean Fadely Wilkins, 87, of Edinburg, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock. The funeral service will be held Friday, December 5, at 11:00 a.m. at Wakeman's Grove Church of the Brethren in Edinburg. Pastor Deb Horst will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunset View Memorial Gardens in Woodstock. The family will receive friends from 9:30 until 11 at the church.

Mrs. Wilkins was born July 19, 1938 in Edinburg, daughter of the late Cletus and Stella Fadely Hepner. She was a 1956 graduate of Edinburg High School and was a former secretary at Edinburg Middle School and Peter Muhlenberg Middle School. She was a member of Wakeman's Grove Church of the Brethren, the PieceMakers Quilting/Sewing Group and helped teach the adult Sunday School Class. She was also a lifetime member of the Massanutten Antique Tractor Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce E. Wilkins and brother Donald Hepner.

Jean is survived by her daughter, Tracy Stokes; grandchildren, Brandon Wilkins (Shannon) and James Polk; great grandchildren, Lanndon, Haylee, Greyson, and Gracelynn Wilkins, Abigail Polk, Kenzie Lansberry, Tyler Perry, and Oddin Knight; and two sisters, Lois Coffman and Joan Bowers.

Pallbearers will be Scott Bowers, Mike Coffman, Todd Jensen, Teddy Mumaw, Travis Mumaw, and Tyler Perry.

The PieceMakers Quilting and Sewing Group will be attending in a group.

Memorial contributions may be made to Wakeman's Grove Piece/Makers/Quilting and Sewing Group.

Jean loved being with family and playing with the great grandchildren. She also enjoyed vacationing at Canaan Valley, West Virginia. "Nothing Runs Like a Deere" Online condolences may be left at valleyfs.com

Arrangements by Heishman Funeral Homes Inc., Valley Funeral Service Branch Edinburg.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Northern Virginia Daily on Dec. 2, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Jean Wilkins

Dec

5

Visitation

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Wakemans Grove Church of the Brethren

668 Wakemans Grove Road, Edinburg, VA 22824

Dec

5

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Wakemans Grove Church of the Brethren

668 Wakemans Grove Road, Edinburg, VA 22824

Funeral services provided by:

Heishman Funeral Home, Inc.-Valley Funeral Service Branch - Edinburg

14116 S. Middle Rd., Edinburg, VA 22824

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