Hemerson, Virginia L. McCreary - 1922-2011

GROSS, HEMERSON, MCCREARY, PETERSON, SMIT, SNYDER

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Date: 10/31/2024 at 12:37:37

Funeral services for Virginia L. Hemerson, age 89, of Wichita, Kansas and formerly of Sheldon who passed away on Monday, October 3, 2011 in Wichita, Kansas. Her service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 7, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Sheldon, Iowa with Rev. Marvin Lindley ~ officiating.
Burial will be at the East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon.
Visitation will be Thursday, October 6, 2011 after 3 p.m. with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon.
Online memorial condolences may be sent to: vanderploegfunerals.com
Arrangements under the care of Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa.
Virginia Hemerson, one of two children born to Floyd and Inga (Peterson) McCreary, was born July 13, 1922 in Churdan, Iowa.
Virginia grew up in Bradgate, Ia where she met the love of her life, Donald Hemerson. She attended Iowa State Teacher's College in Cedar Falls, Iowa where she was a cheerleader and graduated to become a teacher. She married Donald Hemerson on December 13, 1942 and raised their two oldest children while Donald was serving overseas during World War ll. Virginia started one of the first pre-school centers at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa while her husband attended the College of Veterinary Medicine. They moved to Sheldon in 1953 and lived there until Donald passed in 2008. She lived with her daughter, Barbara and son in law, Wayne Snyder in Kansas City until she passed.
Virginia's true passion in her life was her family. Whether it was vacationing in Okoboji, shopping with or for her family or attending family events. She truly loved being a wife, mother, grandma and great-grandma. One of the highlights of her life were six trips that she and her husband, Donald, took with their eighteen grandchildren. Many life long memories were created during those adventures. Virginia loved to play bridge and was a member of the same bridge club in Sheldon along with Beth Hickman and Dee Boster for over fifty years. Virginia was a member of the United Methodist Church, Cub Scout den mother and was active with the Village Northwest outreach program. She and Donald fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting Denmark and Norway the land of their ancestors, in 2001.
Virginia will be remembered for kind and loving spirit by all that came to know and love her. She shall be dearly missed.
Survivors include her four children, Judith and Bradley Gross of Minneapolis, MN, Barbara and Wayne Snyder of Kansas City, Mo, Dr. Donald and Lorna Hemerson of Greeley, Co and Cartha and Gary Smit of Wichita, Ks, 18 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren.
Published in Des Moines (IA) Register; Friday, October 7, 2011, page 4B