Twilla Schinkus (Plainview)

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Twilla K. Schinkus, 79, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, April. 13, 2025 in Amarillo, TX. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April. 16, 2025, in Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel. Interment will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Pastor John Craig is officiating.

Twilla was born August. 30, 1945, in Scottsbluff, Neb. to Bruce & Ruth (Chapman) Brown. She married the love of her life Gerald (Jerry) Schinkus on June 9, 1963. They were married for 51 wonderful years. They were blessed with three children. She moved to Texas in 1972. Twilla worked at the USDA Farm Service Agency for 43 years. She was a member of Life of Worship and the Central Plains Sams RV Club.

Twilla touched many lives with her gentle spirit. She lived her faith out loud with a passion to follow Jesus in everything from helping the farmers out that she worked with, sharing her testimony with others and raising her family. It was her desire to see all those that she loved, have a relationship with her Savior. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and one grandchild, Kassandra Schinkus.

Survivors include her children, Sandra and John Craig of Amarillo, Michael Schinkus of Plainview, and Brenda and Andy McDowell of Plainview; one sister, Barbara Johnson and two brothers, Bruce and Richard Brown; four grandchildren, Jonathan Craig, Kendra Alverson, Kelsey Leslie and Kazdy McDowell; and five great-grandchildren and one on the way.

She leaves behind a legacy of devotion, faith, service, and generosity; and will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

Memorials in honor of Twilla Schinkus may be made to Life of Worship @https://lifeofworshipamarillo.org/donate.htm or Life of Worship, 8508 San Antonio Dr, Amarillo, TX 79118.

Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com