MYERS, Virginia (Jergensen) 1922-2007

JERGENSEN, MYERS, LARSEN

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 4/11/2007 at 22:44:13

Virginia Myers, age 84, of Rockwell, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at the Rockwell Community Nursing Home in Rockwell. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 9, 2007, at the Rockwell United Methodist Church in Rockwell with Rev. John Scherb officiating. Burial will be at the Rockwell Cemetery.

Virginia was born May 9, 1922, in Holmes, Iowa, the daughter of Albert and Jennie (Larsen) Jergensen. She attended country school, graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1939, and attended normal training to become a teacher. Virginia taught for one year in a rural school in the Goldfield area. She married Boyd Myers March 29, 1941, in Missouri. Boyd and Virginia farmed in the Goldfield, Osage and Swaledale areas until retirement due to Boyd's health in 1989, after which they moved to Rockwell.

She was very active in the United Methodist Church, serving as a Sunday school teacher for countless years, and was a UMW and Circle member.

Virginia was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Boyd; son, Jim; great-grandson, James; two sisters, Gertrude and Bette; and brother, Dean.

Virginia is survived by her children, Sharon (Glenn "Mike") Eddy of Clear Lake, Susan (Laverne) Reimers of Osage, Donald Myers of Granville, Ill. and ex-wife Carol Myers of Rockwell, Jerry (Ronna) Myers of Garner, Dorothy "Dot" (David) Falasco of Colorado Springs, Colo., Debra (Kelly) Laudner of Rockwell, Wendy (Ted) Bonner of Swaledale; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Helen Coltvet of Clarion and Phyllis Erdal of Fairfax, Minn.; brother, Harley (Jeannie) Jergensen of Colorado Springs, Colo.; sister-in-law, Ida Jergensen of Bricelyn, Minn.; and many nephews and nieces.

Arrangements made by Champion - Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage (641)732-3706.