Adele Wilkin

2019. She was a resident of Burnet for over 50 years.

Adele was born in Dallas(Oak Cliff), on Feb 1 1927. She

attended high school in Forney TX, where she was salutatorian of

her class. Afterwards, she attended Texas State College for

Women in Denton before transferring to the University of Texas at

Austin, where she majored in Journalism. Adele met Bob Wilkin at

the University, and they were married in 1947.

They eventually settled in Bastrop with their two young sons,

Mike and Mark. Jeff was born in 1956. Dele also worked outside

the home as a medical transcriptionist, taught Sunday School and

sang in the choir at the First Methodist Church of Bastrop.

In 1968, the family moved to Burnet. Adele was a board member

for the Friends of the Herman Brown Free Library for many years

and served as president for a time. In 1983, a group including

Alice Leech, Yvonne Evans, Eunice Anthony and Adele came up with

an idea for a thrift shop to supplement the budget of the

library. And so the Burnet Library Thrift Shop was born.

Adele was also an active member of the First United Methodist

Church of Burnet for many years, where both Bob and Dele sang in

the choir early on. In later years they enjoyed traveling with

friends and relatives, including cross country road trips and

cruises all over the world. But the time she spent with her

granddaughters was what she loved the most.

Adele was preceded in death by her granddaughter Jody Lynn Wilkin,

sons Mark Alan Wilkin and Robert Michael Wilkin, and her husband

of 69 years Robert Francis Wilkin. She is survived by her dear

sister Barbara Nehring of El Paso, her son Jeff Wilkin of

Richardson TX, and granddaughters Kelly Wilkin of Richardson, and Jessica Wilkin of Houston.

The Wilkin family would like to acknowledge some of Adele's close

Burnet friends: Evelyn Sandner, Alice Leech, Helen Frady,

Winifred Rhoden, and Lavonna Fox. The family would also like to

thank the great staff and management at Country Oaks Assisted

Living who helped make Adele's last 3 years fun. God Bless!

A memorial service will be held Saturday March 9 at 11:00 at

First United Methodist Church of Burnet.

Condolences may be offered to www.clementswilcoxburnet.com