Virginia L. Nelson, 93, Olathe, passed Friday Oct. 30, 2015, in Fort Worth, Texas.
A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Olathe, with inurnment to follow at 3 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery, Humboldt.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
Virginia was born Jan. 25, 1922, in Savonburg to Oscar and Rosa Johnson (Wedin). She married O. “Carroll” Nelson Sept. 25, 1943, in Kansas City, Mo.
Virginia worked as a medical records assistant with Good Samaritan in Olathe for 30 years. She was a volunteer for St. Mark’s and Olathe Medical Center. She moved to Keller, Texas, in April 2014 to be closer to her daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1981, and her parents.
She is survived by her daughter Cyndy Hornbaker, Keller, Texas, and her grandchildren: Lisa Ponsart, Warrenton, Va., Darin Foster, Amarillo, Texas, Scott Foster, Valparaiso, Ind., and Angela Brown, Keller, Texas; two stepgrandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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Virginia Nelson
