Wilkins, Elizabeth A.

Elizabeth A. Wilkins, 76, a resident of Kingston Hill died at Manor Care on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, after a long illness. Services at 11 a.m. Monday at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Entombment at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.

Survivors include her husband, Russell of Keokuk; two sons, Rodney of Coggon and Troy of Cedar Rapids; two sisters, Dora Kusick and Delores Hutchins; and two grandchildren, Tucker and Wyatt Wilkins.

She was preceded in death by seven siblings.

Elizabeth was born April 20, 1937, in Fairmont, Minn., the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Miller Dibble. She married Russell C. Wilkins on June 28, 1969, in Cedar Rapids. Elizabeth was a beautician at Mercy Hospital for many years.

She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and White Shrine. She enjoyed crafts especially sewing and travel with her husband and family. Elizabeth was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother whose memory will be cherished by all who knew and loved her.

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Published in The Gazette Dec. 24, 2013.