Delores Maurene Wilkinson, of Manteca, CA, passed away on November 6, 2011 at the age of 78. She was born in Cashion, OK on June 9, 1933 and lived in Phoenix, AZ until moving to Manteca six years ago. Delores loved to crochet, play a good game of rummy and tell jokes. She was generous and loved meeting new people.

Delores was preceded in death by her husband, William Wilkinson. She is survived by her children; Michael A. Wilkinson of Pleasant Hill, CA, Barbara A. Stuller of Los Banos, CA, and Serena D. Wilkinson of Manteca, CA; her brothers Jay W. Tallant of Yukon, OK and Bobby J. Tallant of New Mexico; her sister Margie Mayes; her grandchildren; Melissa A. Wilkinson-Harrison, Tiffany Wilkinson, Taylor G. Wilkinson, Mark A.
Rodriguez, Joshua J. Rodriguez, and Andrew C. Rodriguez, and her great-grandchildren; Alexis Roscoe and Madeline Harrison. She was also the honorary "grandma" to many others.

A celebration of life for Delores will be held on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 1:00 PM at the Park View Memorial Chapel, 3661 E. French Camp Road in Manteca. Burial will be private. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Park View Funeral Home, 3661 E. French Camp Road in Manteca.

Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin
Thursday, November 10, 2011