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Obituary for Florence M. Wilkens
FLORENCE M. WILKENS, 97, of Windsor Manor in Morrison, IL, died Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Windsor Manor.
Her funeral service will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 5, 2019 at the Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home, officiated by Mr. Ken Renkes. A visitation will be held prior to the funeral, from 9:30 A.M. until the time of the service. The graveside service and interment will be held at 2:30 P.M. on Thursday, September 5th at the Fulton Township Cemetery in Fulton, IL. A memorial to Windsor Manor has been established.
Florence was born July 20, 1922 in Fulton, IL, to Albert and Josephine (Smith) Post Jr. She was educated in the Fulton Christian Grade School and was a 1940 graduate of Fulton High School. On January 20, 1942 she married Joseph Wilkens in Fulton. He died October 17, 2015. Florence and Joe farmed in the Garden Plain area of Fulton for 32 years. She was a former member of First Reformed Church in Fulton. Florence enjoyed cooking, sewing, crocheting and raising African Violets. She was known at Windsor Manor as “Grandma”.
Survivors include one daughter, Judy (Dave) Wiersema of Fulton; one son, Ron (Linda) Wilkens of Morrison; four grandchildren, Scott (Erika Boostrom) Wiersema and Shelley (Scott) Robertson, Lori Hutchison and Jeff (Chris) Wilkens; several great and great-great grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Evelyn Wilkens.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Joe.
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Previous Events
Visitation
Thursday
5
Sep
9:30 AM
- 11:00 AM
Bosma-Renkes - Morrison Chapel
404 Lincolnway East
Morrison, IL 61270
Service
Thursday
5
Sep
11:00 AM
Bosma-Renkes - Morrison Chapel
404 Lincolnway East
Morrison, IL 61270
Graveside
Thursday
5
Sep
2:30 PM
Fulton Township Cemetery
701 Fowler Rd,
Fulton, IL 61252
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