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Russell E. Jenkins, C&O Railroad Yardmaster

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Last Update: 10/31/2009 9:11 am

Russell E. Jenkins, 87, of Alexandria died Thursday, Oct. 29 at Hospice of the Bluegrass-Northern Kentucky Care Center in Fort Thomas.

He was a retired yardmaster at Silver Grove for the C&O Railroad, a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of the Ralph Fulton VFW Post 6423 in Erlanger and the American Legion Post 0219 in Alexandria.

His wife, Dorothy Voges Jenkins, preceded him in death.

Survivors include daughters, Sandra Twehues and Diana Dillon, both of Melbourne; a son, Robert Jenkins of Sammamith, Wash.; sisters, Margaret Moher of Alexandria, Ammizetta Neiser of Union, Mo. and Etta Mae Rifkin of Highland Heights; brothers, Thomas Jenkins of Silver Grove and Robert Walker Jenkins of San Jose, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2 at St. Philips Church in Melbourne. Visitation will begin there at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2. Burial will be in Alexandria Cemetery Mausoleum in Alexandria.

Alexandria Funeral Home in Alexandria is handling arrangements.

Kentucky Post

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