LEWISTON — Glennys B. Wilkins, 89, of Winthrop passed away at d’Youville Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 15, with her family at her side.

She was born in Wilton on Feb. 18, 1929, the daughter of Harold and Doris Buker.

She attended a one-room schoolhouse in Wilton, where she spent most of her childhood. On Nov. 26, 1955, she married Bernal Wilkins and they later moved to Winthrop. Glennys retired from Progressive Distributors where she enjoyed her work and her co-workers.

Glennys was a lifetime member of the Rebekah Assembly of Maine and held many positions over the years, including noble grand. She was a lifetime member of Abenaki Chapter 116 OES and served in several positions. She was also president of the Department Association of the Departments Militant I.O.O.F. of Maine. She loved traveling each year to a different part of the country for the Grand Assembly meetings. She particularly enjoyed her time on the decorating committee that spent a week each year decorating the Odd Fellows’ & Rebekahs’ Home of Maine in Auburn, where she later resided.

Glennys was a wonderful quilter, enjoyed baking and she loved family gatherings and her grandchildren tremendously. She had a love of people and her family and an exuberance for life that shined through everything she did.

She was predeceased by husband, Frankie L. Burbank (1954); her sisters, Gwen Bubier, Sheila Leo, Phillis Smith, Harriet Evans, Marilyn Howard and Rita Powers; her brothers, Thurlow, Vinton, Clayton and Harold Buker.

She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Bernal; their children, Sandy Dutton and husband, Joel, Brenda Wilkins and partner, Ernie Henderson, and Beverly Wilkins, all of Winthrop, and Brad Wilkins and his wife, Lisa, of Winter Park, Fla.; her sister, Linda MacKissock, and husband, Bob, of Stafford, Va.; and her brother, Richard Buker, and wife, Lynn, of Calio, Va.; her grandchildren, Donnie Allison, Meghan Blask, Tim Dutton, Caitlin Lynch, Jessica Titus, Lauren Dummich, Jaret Hopkins, Nathan Hopkins and Josh, Noah and Brielle Hoffert; and great-grandchildren Colton Hopkins, Washington, Piet and Dinah Blask, Olivia, Eugene and Becky Dutton.

Friends and relatives are invited to visit from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Roberts Funeral Home, 62 Bowdoin St., Winthrop, where a celebration of Glennys’ life will be held immediately following the visitation at 11 a.m.

Private burial will be held at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Glennys’ name to the Alzheimer’s Association of Maine, 338 U.S. Route 1, Suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074.

Memories, condolences, photos and videos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the funeral home website at www.khrfuneralhomes.com.

Glennys B. Wilkins

Glennys B. Wilkins

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