Harrisburg, Illinois
Brenda Lucille West
73 a resident of Prairie Grove, passed away peacefully in her home on October 10, 2016. She was born September 20, 1943 in Harrisburg, Illinois, the daughter of Howard Perkins, Jr. and Vivian Lucille Perkins.
Brenda graduated from Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, California in 1961. She raised chickens for Tyson at her family’s farm in Prairie Grove for over 20 years. Brenda has been an active member of the First Baptist of Lincoln since 1975. She shared her love of gardening, nature, reading, and cooking with her children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Raymond West.
Survivors include her son Wayne West of Prairie Grove, her son and daughter-in-law Neil and Karen West of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, her granddaughter Emily West of Ocean Springs, her grandson Joseph Humphreys of Denver, Colorado, and numerous neighbors and church family members. Brenda will be greatly missed by those left behind.
Donations to Gideons International are requested in lieu of flowers.
Funeral service will be held Saturday October 15, 2016 at 10:00am at First Baptist Church of Lincoln, followed by a graveside service at Bethesda Cemetery.
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