Neeley, Virginia Adams (1920-2012)
NEELEY, LARSON, BENSON, ADAMS, SWALVE, KRAMERSMEIER, EENHUIS, THOMPSON
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/8/2012 at 15:38:29
Virginia Adams Neeley
August 9, 1920 - November 18, 2012BUFFALO CENTER - Virginia Adams Neeley, 92, of Buffalo Center, died Sunday, November 18, 2012, at the Titonka Care Center in Titonka.
Virginia was born on August 9, 1920, to Otto J. and Aletha Mae (Benson) Larson on a farm northeast of Crystal Lake, Iowa, in Hancock County. She attended school in Crystal Lake for ten years and later completed her schooling by earning her G. E. D. from North Iowa Community College on May 13, 1978.
She married Leroy E. Adams at the First Lutheran Church Parsonage in Albert Lea, Minnesota, on October 24, 1936. To this union, seven children were born: Donna (Lewis) Swalve, of Hayfield, Iowa, Daryl (Bev) Adams, of Buffalo Center, Iowa, Darwin (Thelma) Adams, of Thompson, Iowa, Diana (Dale) Kramersmeier, of Buffalo Center, Iowa, Doug (Harriet) Adams, of Otho, Iowa, and a set of twins, Denise (Mike) Eenhuis, of Chapman, Kansas, and DeVere Adams. After a forty-seven and a half year marriage, Leroy passed away on May 17, 1984. Nearly three years later, she married Hugh Neeley of St. Ansgar on March 14, 1987. After Hugh passed away in May of 2003, she bought a home and moved to Buffalo Center so she could be closer to her children.
During her first marriage, she and Leroy raised their six children and enjoyed camping and spending time outdoors. During her second marriage, she and Hugh enjoyed several years wintering in Texas.
For many years, Virginia belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary. Also very active in her church over the years, she taught Sunday school, sang in the choir, served as Communion Steward and as Sunday School Superintendent, worked at the Methodist Food Stand at the Winnebago County Fair, provided many flowers from her yard for the beautification of her church, and received a fifty year Life Membership pin.
For most of her life, she lived in Thompson but moved to Buffalo Center on September 28, 2003. She became a resident of the Titonka Care Center on May 19, 2010, where she thoroughly enjoyed participating in the activities and visiting with the other residents. She passed away there on November 18, 2012.
She is survived by six children; numerous grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; a brother, Otto Larson, Jr., of Forest City; a sister, Darlene (Richard) Thompson, of Forest City; and a sister-in-law, Darlene Larson, of Forest City.
She was preceded in death by an infant son, DeVere Adams; her parents; her husbands, Leroy and Hugh; three brothers, LuVerne, Richard, and Robert; a granddaughter, Gail Swalve; and two great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Friday, November 23rd, 2012, at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, November 24, 2012, at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center with Pastor Bill Peake officiating. Burial will be at the Crystal Township Cemetery in Crystal Lake at 2:45 PM, Saturday, November 24, 2012.Copyright © 2012, Petersen Lund Funeral Home
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