Luise Auguste (Klein) Jenkins passed away on July 9, 2024. Luise was born in Elversberg, Germany, on October 25, 1937, to parents Heinrich Klein and Auguste (Schaum) Klein. Those blessed to know her will remember Luise for her Servant’s heart, her resilience, her unlimited capacity for love, and for walking her faith (and neighborhood) to the end of her days.
Luise was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Max Klein, and her Grandson, Jamarian Jenkins.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Carl Jenkins; her children, Susie, Roderick, and Alexander; her grandchildren, Emily and Mike Wayland, Hannah and Joey Trujillo, Jonathan Sam, Dakota Jenkins, Sarita Hayes, Aaron Hayes, Weston and Teresa Deaton, Eric Jenkins, Benjamin and Heather Jenkins, Laura Jenkins, Allison Jenkins, Peter Jenkins, Sean and Annie Jenkins, Nehemias Jenkins and Carli Jenkins; her greatgrandchildren, Wyatt, Dayton, Eli, Davin, Jude, Cadence, Emerson, Jonathan, Dawson, Amos, Noah, Coralai, Marley, Mila, Joseph, Kallie, Samuel, Nehemias Jr., and Estlyn; and her dear family in Germany to include Heiner Klein and Werner Klein, her much loved brothers.
Services were held on July 12, 2024 at Immanuel Baptist Church in Shawnee, followed by burial at Resthaven Cemetery.
