COE, Virginia "Ginny" Lee

COE, GERDES, STEPLETON, PATTON, CHASE, REITER

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/23/2013 at 13:02:47

Virginia "Ginny" Lee Stepleton Coe, 71, passed away May 15, 2005, after a long
illness. Funeral services will be Thursday, 1 p.m. at the Ventura United
Methodist Church, Ventura, Iowa with Pastor Audrey Westendorf Young officiating.

Interment will be in the Ventura Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4
-7 p.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake and
then one hour before the service on Thursday at the church. Family suggests
memorials to Virginia L. Coe Memorial Fund.

Virginia was born Sept. 3, 1933, in Mason City, Iowa the daughter of Gerald and
Anne (Gerdes) Stepleton. She lived in Mason City until about the age of 14 when
she moved with her family to Ventura. Ginny graduated from Ventura High School
in 1951. She earned an honorable mention by the Iowa Girl's Basketball
Association. Ginny married Forrest "Frosty" Coe on May 1, 1953 in Mason City.

Ginny worked approximately 18 years at the Ventura State Bank and several years
at the Ventura Congregate Meals. Ginny enjoyed cooking for her family,
watching the Hawkeye and Viking games, and especially her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.

Ginny is survived by her husband, Forrest; five children, Teresa (Charles)
Patton of Montevideo, Minn., Matthew Coe of Ventura, Joni (Clint Kaune) Chase
of Oelwein, Iowa, Jeff (Debora) Coe of Rochester, Minn. and Amy (Brad) Reiter of
Clarion, Iowa; 14 grandchildren, Nick, Taylor and Sydney Patton, Sandy Coe,
Sarah Coe Myers, Michael and Matthew Chase, Julie (Chase) Love, Joshua and
Ashley Coe, Amanda (Coe) Johnson, and Tyler, Michellynn and Payton Reiter; and
11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Carol (Jerry) Mahrenholz of Tifton, Ga.;
one brother, Charles Stepleton of Clear Lake; sister-in-law, Cleo Overgaard of
Ventura; brother-in-law, Larry (Jane) Coe of Ventura, and numerous nieces and
nephews.

Ginny was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Marian (Stepleton)
Furleigh; one brother, Patrick Stepleton and an infant son, Forrest W. Coe Jr.