State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, joined with friends and family members of Thelma Jenkins to wish her a Happy 100th Birthday on June 17. Sen. Stewart-Cousins delivered a proclamation from the State Senate to Ms. Jenkins which read
“A resident of Yonkers, New York, for nearly 60 years, Thelma Jenkins, a loving mother, grandmother and widow, has dedicated her life to helping others in a variety of ways both personally and professionally. Thelma Jenkins was born on June 17, 1921, at Bellevue Hospital in Harlem, New York; she graduated from Julliard Richmond High School in Manhattan in 1940; that same year, she met and married her husband Arthur Jenkins, a United States Army veteran of World War II, and together they had one daughter, Dianne; and in 1959, Thelma Jenkins and her young family moved to Yonkers, where she was responsible for the installation of her neighborhood’s first streetlight and mailbox closer to her residence.
“She became a young widow in 1970, after the untimely death of her husband, but she spent her illustrious career in service to others as Head of Admissions at Lincoln Hospital in New York, New York, where she oversaw three departments, including Property and Information. She retired from this esteemed position in 1983, and after the sudden death of her daughter in 1994, Thelma Jenkins volunteered at Wartburg Nursing Home in Mount Vernon, from 1995 to 2012, giving back to the community by sharing her time and helping others. She also volunteered in Yonkers, sorting food and clothing for the homeless.”
Congratulations Thelma Jenkins and Happy 100th Birthday!
If you know of a Yonkers resident, or Westchester resident who has recently celebrated their 100th Birthday, email us at dmurphy@risingmediagroup.com so we can honor this special occasion.
