Oskvig, Virgil Burdette (1921-2004)

OSKVIG, WEILAND, HAMRE, DUDEN, RATZKE, PORTER

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 12/12/2020 at 10:52:02

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Virgil Oskvig, 82, Williams, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2003 [typo - 2004] at Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Williams, with Rev. Tom Hunt to officiate. Burial will be in Radcliffe Cemetery. Friends may call at the Surls Funeral Home in Williams Wednesday from 5-7 p.m.

Virgil B. Oskvig, son of Ordin and Isabelle Weiland Oskvig, was born March 4, 1921 on the family farm at Williams. He attended school in Williams and farmed his entire life. He enjoyed paint horses.

Survivors are his two brothers, Melvin of Williams and Clarence of Alden; a sister, Ora Hamre of Iowa Falls; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Beatryce Duden, Bernice Ratzke and Alvina Porter; and two brothers, Elmer and Ernest Oskvig.