Chesapeake, VA – Elizabeth Eggleston Jenkins, 96, formerly of Hopewell, VA, died Sunday, January 5, 2025 in Chesapeake, VA.
She was born in Welch, West Virginia on October 21, 1928 to the late Telford Strouse and Bessie Sue (O’Brien) Eggleston. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Owen Jenkins who passed in 2013 . Elizabeth was a Secretary for Allied Chemical (now Honeywell) where she worked with her husband before their retirement. She was a former member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Hopewell, VA.
Elizabeth is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Debbie; daughter and son-in-law, Patti and David of Suffolk, VA; and her beautiful grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Private family services will be held. Cremation Society of Virginia, Chesapeake Office, is serving the family. Condolences may be made at www.vacremationsociety.com