Dwight Curis Jenkins' Obituary
Dwight Curtis Jenkins went back to his Heavenly Father on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2014. He was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1932 as an only child of Glen and Gladys Jenkins. He was raised in Reserve, Kansas where his father was a post master. From there he followed the yellow brick road through Reserve High School, Highland Community College, 4 years of Air Force service during the Korean War in Kimpo AFB, bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University, and a career in human resources starting with RCA in San Diego. In 1963, he was transferred to Anchorage, Alaska where he became a personnel manager for RCA Alascom that serviced all the military communications during the cold war. In 1967 he met his future wife, Sarah, who was a Northwest Airlines stewardess on a layover in Anchorage. After 2 years of long distance dating since Sarah lived in Seattle, they were married in October 18, 1969, in Seattle. Dwight was a quiet and easygoing man with wonderful sense of humor and great patience. He did not like big parties and preferred to be loyal to few good friends. One day when Sarah asked who his best friend was, he immediately answered, “ You! “ He was a great weekend carpenter and built houses and apartments around Anchorage. But his greater hobby was wood turning. He enjoyed making numerous bowls, mallots, bottle stoppers, etc. He was also interested in fine arts and accumulated quite a few Alaskan artists’ works while living in Alaska. He excelled in Alpine skiing and skied in many US slopes as well as in Austria and Switzerland. His love of fishing led him to build a cabin in Kenai Keys, where along with Sarah he enjoyed salmon fishing every summer. After a two-year stint with Alyeska Pipeline Company during the construction of Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Dwight worked as a human resources manager for the municipality of Anchorage. The HR office of AT & T Alascom was his last employment before retiring in 1996. After retirement, he started making trips to Tulsa twice a year to attend the Wanenmacher’s Arms Show with his best friend, Jack Mallory, from California. He fell in love with Tulsa and its citizens and decided to move to Tulsa in 2006 with his wife and two pugs to be warm. Dwight is survived by his wife of 45 years, Sarah; son, Philip of Seattle; daughter, Joyce of Anchorage; niece, Hatsuho of Calgary, Canada; grand-niece, Ai of Calgary, Canada; loving neighbor, Don; and pug, Mini. Memorial Service will be held in Rose Chapel at Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, at 3:00 P.M. on Friday, January 23, 2015.
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