Diane Sandra (Kennedy) Jencks

Diane Sandra (Kennedy) Jencks, 84, of Warwick, passed away on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. She was the loving wife of the late David C. Jencks, Sr. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Frank L. and Leona (LaChance) Kennedy.

Diane worked as a housekeeper at Sunny View Nursing Home. She loved country western music, country line dancing, crafting, shopping for her grandchildren, and going out to dinner with her friends Laura, Rita, and Suzanne.

Diane is survived by her son David C. Jencks, Jr. (Lisa) of Warwick, and her daughter Wendy J. Kilbourn (Scott Robinson) of Rockport, ME, her grandchildren, Wyatt Jencks, Abigail Jencks, Alina Jencks, and Emily Knutson, her sister Rachel Mallette of Warwick.

She was predeceased by her siblings, James E. Kennedy, Frank L. Kennedy, George Kennedy, Kathleen M. Piacenti, Bertha Chauvette, Janice Blackmar, Ruth Jencks, and Rita Jencks, and her aunt, Sandra Hitte, who was like a sister to her.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, September 19, 2025, at 10:30AM at Warwick Central Baptist Church, 3270 Post Road, Warwick. Interment will follow at RI Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter.

Funeral Arrangements are entrusted to THE URQUHART-MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, 800 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Hope Health Hospice & Palliative Care, 1085 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02906.

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