Fannie Ruth Jenkins, age 94, of Wayland died Wednesday, April 3.

Ruth was a retiree of Pridgeon and Clay. In her retirement, she enjoyed traveling and spending time with family.

Ruth is survived by her children, Alice Warmelink, Betty Lueth, Helen Fasburg, Margaret and Jerry White, Sylvia and Les Powers, Ada Hurst, Donna and Doug Brooks, Debora and Timothy Sasak; daughter-in-law, Sharon Jenkins; 18 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; many great great grandchildren; sisters, Elizabeth Jenkins, Jessie Wicker; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Boyd; son, Sidney Jenkins; son-in-law, Richard Fasburg; grandchildren, Jared Frary, Melissa and Ernie Miilu, Danny Hurst.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 8, at Matthysse Kuiper DeGraaf Funeral Home (Grandville), 4145 Chicago Drive SW, with Chaplain David Braak officiating. Interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Relatives and friends may meet the family from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at the funeral home.

Those who wish may make memorial contributions to Faith Hospice.

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