Lorene Tompkins' Obituary
Lorene Tompkins, 95, of Mulberry Grove, IL passed away at
4:46am, Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Greenville Regional Hospital,
Greenville, IL.
Services for Mrs. Tompkins will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday,
January 16, 2016 at Pleasant Mound Baptist Church, rural Mulberry
Grove with Rev. Joe Lawson and Dennis Hutchinson officiating.
Visitation will be held from 11:00am-1:00pm, Saturday prior to
services at the church. Burial will follow in Taylor
Cemetery, Pittsburg, IL. Memorials may be made to Pleasant
Mound Baptist Church.
Lorene was born September 3, 1920 in Vandalia, the daughter of
Hubert and Myrtle (Baldwin) Dothager. She married Floyd
"Andy" Tompkins October 21, 1937 in Vandalia; he preceded her in
death August 3, 2005. Lorene was a homemaker raising two
children, helping on the family farm and teaching Sunday school.
She was a member of the Pleasant Mound Baptist Church rural
Mulberry Grove.
She is survived by her son Frankie Tompkins and wife Bonnie of
Mulberry Grove; daughter Phyllis Lutz and husband Chuck of El Paso,
IL; brother Kenneth Dothager and wife Joyce of Mulberry Grove;
grandchildren Kent Lutz and wife Tammy, Kristy and husband Mark
Keith, Cindy King, Tiffany Stewart, Sloan and husband Brad
Kessinger, and Brice Stewart and wife Emy; great grandchildren
Eric, Cody, Kasey, Katie, Bailey, Cameron, Zack, Kyle, Zoe, Trent,
Kennidy, Walker, Aubrey and Cason; and great-great grandchildren
Libby and Evelyn.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson Kirk
Lutz.
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