Dorothy M. (Nelson) Jenkins, 80, of Baldwinsville, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, NY. She was born February 7, 1940 in Phoenix, NY to the late Wilfred D. and Ida Mae (Hubbard) Nelson.
She was a 1957 graduate of Phoenix High School. She worked as a secretary at General Electric where she met her husband. Dottie was active with Home Bureau, a former Avon Representative and she made flower deliveries for P & C grocery store. She loved flowers, birds, sewing, baking and cooking with/and for her grandchildren.
Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Robert E. Jenkins (2020); her sister, Ann Champlin (2009); her brother, Wilfred Nelson (2005), and a grandson, Nicholas Jenkins.
Surviving are her sister, Gail (Jerry) Hess of Phoenix, NY; her sister-in-law, Catherine Nelson of Pennellville, NY; her two sons, Dana (Kathryn) Jenkins of Stillwater, NY and Richard (Kathleen) Jenkins of Marcellus, NY; grandchildren, Michelle (Michael) Greene, Danielle (Michael) Hall, Taylor Jenkins, Richelle Jenkins, and Kyle Jenkins; five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
A celebration of her life will be held in the future. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Greater Baldwinsville Ambulance Corp, PO Box 744, Baldwinsville, NY 13027.