JEAN CLARE JENKINS

JEAN CLARE (ANDREWS) JENKINS
Jean Clare (Andrews) Jenkins, of McAllen, died at her home on Sunday, November 15, 2009. She was born June 20, 1922 in central Texas, the daughter of Doulas G. and Effie Mae Mixon. She moved to McAllen with her late husband, Albert G. Andrews, and children in 1952. She worked alongside her husband and helped to co-found Mo-Vac Service Company Inc. in 1959 which continued to grow and now services the entire state of Texas and bordering states. Throughout her life, Jean loved to travel and traveled extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. She also loved horseracing and spent summers at her home in Ruidoso, NM. Jean was a very loving wife, mother, and grandmother and will be greatly missed.
After the death of her husband Albert G. Andrews, she met and married and is survived by her husband, Pete Jenkins (Big Spring). She is also survived by her son Glynn Andrews and his wife Laurie (McAllen), her daughter Joyce Hall and her husband Mac (Dallas), her stepson Terry Jenkins and his wife Emma (Big Spring), her stepdaughter Becky Jenkins (Houston), stepson Brad Jenkins and his wife Kerry (Weatherford), and four grandchildren, Shawn Forshage and her husband Joe (Edinburg), Ginger Hanna and her husband Hanks (McAllen), Andrea Hall Zabinski and her husband Dan (Rockville, MD), and Collin Hall (Dallas). Step grandchildren include Justin Jenkins and his wife Koby (Big Spring) and John Jenkins (Big Spring). She is also survived by nine great grandchildren, Glynn Forshage, Claire Forshage, Evan Forshage, Price Forshage, Abigail Hanna, Jackson Hanna, Andy Zabinski, Ethan Zabinski, and Riley Jenkins.
The family would like to extend special thanks Sharon Wernecke for her many years of love and support.
Visitation will be Tuesday, November 17, from 1:00 to 8:00pm at Kreidler Funeral Home on N. 10th Street in McAllen. Family will be receiving visitors from 6:00 to 8:00pm with a rosary held at 7:00pm. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the chapel. Burial will follow at Valley Memorial Gardens on N. Taylor Road.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in memory of Jean Andrews Jenkins, to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, Texas 77210-4486. Kreidler Funeral Home in McAllen is in charge of arrangements.
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