Robert Ellis Jenkins Obituary
We are sad to announce that on July 12, 2023 we had to say goodbye to Robert Ellis Jenkins of Salem, Virginia, born in Brooklyn, New York. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Robert Ellis Jenkins to show support.
He was predeceased by: his mother Mabel Gesner Jenkins. He is survived by: his father Ellis Avery; his children, Glenn R. Jenkins of Floyd and Katherine S. Jenkins of Kauai, Hawaii; his former wife Diane Giessler; his sister Margaret "Peggy" Guglielmetti; and his sibling's children, Christina McNamara and Robert Guglielmetti of Colo.
Contributions to Natural Science (1989, awarded by the Virginia Museum of Natural History), the Sesquicentennial Distinguished Alumnus of Roanoke College and the Professional Achievement Award of Roanoke College (both awarded in 1992), and the establishment of the Robert E. Jenkins Undergraduate Scholarship by the Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, which has been awarded annually since 2003.
