Dec 20, 2021

Veronica L. Wilkins, 70, of Washington, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 16, 2021, in the Washington Hospital Emergency Room.

She was born May 2, 1951, in Washington, the daughter of the late Weldon and Rachel Trainer.

Mrs. Wilkins was a 1970 graduate of Trinity High School, and briefly attended the University of Pittsburgh.

She was first employed as a Residential Aide at the former Western Center, and later at Mayview State Hospital, from where she retired after 30 years of employment.

Mrs. Wilkins was a former member of the Friendship Baptist Church in Washington, and the Revival Temple Fellowship Ministries.

She was a graduate of the Hardy Bible School, where she later became a teacher. Mrs. Wilkins loved to teach the Bible and was truly a woman of God.

She also enjoyed cooking. Most of all, Mrs. Wilkins enjoyed the precious time she spent with her family and loved ones. She will be dearly missed by all that knew and loved her.

Surviving are her husband of 47 years, Kenneth L. Wilkins, of Washington; a daughter, Courtney D. Wilkins, of Pittsburgh; two brothers, John (Sandy) Trainer, of Houston, and Benjamin “Jaffers” Bailey, of the state of California; a sister, Louise Ware, of Alabama; two grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews also survive.

In addition to her mother and father, Mrs. Wilkins was preceded in death by a brother, Moses Bailey; and by four sisters, Veta Sanford, Dorothy Washington, Irene Trainer and Fletcher Cooper Brown.

Friends will be received from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., the hour of a home going service, on Wednesday, December 22, in the Warco-Falvo Funeral Home, Inc., Wilson at East Katherine Avenue, Washington, S. Timothy Warco, Supervisor/Director, Holly Renay Warco, Director, S. Timothy Warco II, Director, Park N. Crosier, Director.

Pastor Robert Robinson will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Bridgeville.

Condolences may be expressed at www.WarcoFalvoFuneralHome.com.