Richard R. Jenks, 51, of county Route 65, Bernhards Bay, died Tuesday. Born in Fort Ticonderoga, he lived in West Monroe 20 years before moving to Bernhards Bay five years ago. He graduated from Altmar-Parish-Williamstown High School. He was a truck driver for New Venture Gear in East Syracuse for four years and had also worked at Greyhound Bus Lines, Wal-Mart and Omega Wire in Williamstown. He was a member of Vanderbilt Snowmobile Club and was a Marine Corps veteran.

Survivors: His wife of 29 years, the former Patricia Hilton; three daughters, Tonya Jenks-Sutton of Williamstown, Tricia and Alicia Jenks, both of Bernhards Bay; his parents, Wesley and Shirley Jenks of Star Lake; four sisters, Gwen Ashford of Aloha, Ore., Susan Burke of Parish, Bonnie Cleveland of Mexico and Marlene Orr of Orwell; two brothers, Gerald of North Carolina and Peter of Williamstown; two grandchildren.

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