OBITUARY - EUGENE W. JENKINS

Submitted by: Jan Redelsperger, jansperger at gmail dot com

Source: "Longview Daily News," Longview, Cowlitz Co., Washington, November 26,
1948

Husband is 2nd Home Blaze Victim

Death toll in the early morning fire that swept the E. W. Jenkins residence at
Pleasant Hill Wednesday climbed to two today.  Jenkins, 59, died in a local
hospital early this morning, less than 24 hours after his wife had expired.

A double funeral service will be held for the couple at the First Presbyterian
Church in Kelso Saturday at 2:30 p.m.  Interment will be in the family plot at
the Kelso IOOF cemetery. 

The fire occurred shortly after Jenkins and his wife, Ellen, 61, had arisen
Wednesday morning.  It apparently started in the ceiling adjacent to the
chimney, and spread with lightning speed through the small frame house situated
just off the Pacific Highway in the suburban Pleasant Hill district.

Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins were rescued from the burning house by neighbors and were
rushed to local hospitals suffering from severe burns. 

Mrs. Jenkins was born in Michigan and came to Kelso in 1907.  She was married to
Jenkins in 1917.  Survivors are a son; Robert, with the air forces at Ogden
Utah, and a sister, Mrs. Frank Weeks in Michigan.  

Jenkins was born in Cowlitz County and made his home in this region throughout
his life.  His survivors, in addition to the son, are his mother, Mrs. Belle
Jenkins of Kelso and a brother Ray of Corvalis.