Obituary for Whitney Ann Wilkens

WHITNEY ANN WILKINS

Whitney Ann Wilkins, 26, of Connersville, passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 23, 2021.  She was born on October 20, 1994, in Oxford, Ohio, and is the daughter of David Wilkins and Gay Thornberry Wilkins. Whitney graduated from Connersville High School in 2013 and attended Indiana University.

She was a member of the Eagles and the Eagle Riders in Connersville. She had worked at residential CRF in the past and was currently employed at Taconic Bioscience.

Along with her parents, she will be greatly missed by her sister, Tina (Dave) Miller, her brother, Earnest (Toni) Wilkins, as well as many family and friends.

Whitney was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Melvin “Peanut” Thornberry and Betty Enochs, and her paternal grandparents, Earnest and Norma Wilkins.

Visitation for Whitney will be on Thursday, May 27, 2021, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m., at Urban Winkler Funeral Home, Connersville. The Mass of Christian Burial will be given by Father Dustin Boehm on Friday, May 28, at 11 a.m., at St. Gabriel Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Dale Cemetery. In honor of Whitney’s love for animals, memorial contributions may be made to Fayette County Animal Shelter.