Virginia Jean Prince-Renner 1930 - 2021

PRINCE, RENNER, FALLON

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 3/4/2021 at 12:16:40

Sioux City Journal
27 January 2021

Virginia Prince-Renner

Whiting, Iowa, formerly Sioux City

Virginia Prince-Renner, 91, of Whiting, Iowa, formerly Sioux City, passed away on Jan. 22, 2021, in Whiting, Iowa, of COVID-19 one day after her 91st birthday. She had suffered from Alzheimer’s for the last 12 years and currently was a resident of Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation following COVID guidelines will be held 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday. The family will be wearing masks and asks everyone to do the same.

Virginia Jean Fallon was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on Jan. 21, 1930, to Clifford B. and Inez Evangeline Fallon. She attended Whittier and East Junior schools and graduated from East High in the mid-year class of 1948.

On Aug. 28, 1949, she married William L. Prince. To this union, five children were born. Virginia was a stay-at-home mom for most of her life, but she was active in her church, first Concordia Lutheran and later at Redeemer Lutheran in Sioux City.

She served many roles in the church, as a church organist, children’s choir director, children’s Christmas program director and as the first woman chair of the Worship Committee. She also was active in the Adult Choir, Miriam Singers and Women’s Circles. Outside the home, she sang with the Women’s Club Chorus, and was the organist for Christy-Smith Funeral Home where she accompanied her good friend and sister-in- law, Mary Swanson.

After her children were almost raised, she went to work at Bob Knowler’s Black Knight as bookkeeper. Her husband, Bill died in April 1988, and she married John Renner on Feb. 18, 1989. They had 22 years together and enjoyed camping and their grandchildren. John died on Jan. 16, 2011.

Those left to mourn her passing are her daughters, Gayle (Marlin) Jeffers of Omaha, Connie (Bob) Houlihan of Phoenix, Ariz., and Amy (Mike) McManamy of Sioux City; her son, Bob (Chris) Prince of Sioux City, and her step-son, Gary (Dorothy) Renner of Lincoln, Neb.; her sisters, Marge (Al) Bosco of Arroyo Grande, Calif., and Carole Beck of Spirit Lake, Iowa; and her brother, Cliff (Jane) Fallon of Litchfield Park, Ariz. She was blessed with 34 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Bill and John; her son, Billy; and her brother, Dick Fallon.

The family wants to thank the wonderful staff at Pleasant View Care Center for taking such good care of our mom and grandma through the last days of her life.

Memorials may be directed to Pleasant View Care Center Auxiliary, Whiting, Iowa, or Redeemer Lutheran Church of Sioux City.

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