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CAMPBELL -- Brenda Jean Venable Jenkins, 79, of Trimble Avenue, departed this life Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, at 8 a.m., at Hospice House, following complications from an extended illness.
She was born March 18, 1944, in Youngstown, the daughter of Emmett Raymond and Nellie Blanche Williams Venable, residing in the area for one year, coming from Girard.
Brenda was employed with Youngstown State University for two years in maintenance before retiring in 1988. She was a nursing assistant for Omni Manor. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Campbell and enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening, music and crafts.
She leaves to mourn three sons, Thomas Alan (Charlotte) Jenkins of Youngstown, Anthony Ray (Tricia) Jenkins of Columbus and Jerome L. Jenkins of Youngstown; one sister, Ms. Ethel D. Jenkins of Spokane, Washington; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Ms. Linda Jenkins; two sons, Lewis W. Jenkins and Joseph L. Jenkins; three brothers, Jerome Venable, Raymond Leon Venable and Clyde Venable; and one sister, Ms. Lenora Venable.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the Sterling-McCullough Williams Youngstown Funeral Chapel, with calling hours from 10 to 11 a.m.
Arrangements of comfort were handled by the Sterling-McCullough Williams Youngstown Funeral Home.
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