Greve, Virginia Clare “Ginnie” (1922 – 2006)

GREVE, KNOX, DEVINE, O’NEIL, WARREN, POKORNEY

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/5/2013 at 13:34:53

Name of deceased: Virginia Clare “Ginnie” O’Neil Greve (nee Knox)

Aged: 83 yrs, 9 mo, 3 days

Residence: Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, IA

Born: April 15, 1922, Council Bluffs, IA

Died: Jan. 18, 2006, Elk Horn, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Harlan, IA; Father Robert Hoefler celebrating. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery in Omaha, NE.

Survived by: second husband, Everett Greve of Jacksonville, IA; son, James J. (spouse, Wendy) O’Neil of Colleyville, TX; daughter, Kathi (spouse, Bill) Warren of Papillion, NE; sister, Patricia (spouse, Ladd) Pokorney of Carter Lake, IA; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren; 3 step-great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Fallas Commodore and Nellie Ester (nee Devine) Knox; first husband, James M. O’Neil (deceased Sep. 9, 1982)

Education: attended Council Bluffs (IA) schools

Marriages: (1) James M. O’Neil, Feb. 17, 1949, Omaha, NE (2) Everett Andrew Greve, July 19, 1986, Jacksonville, IA

Employment: Ginnie taught high school speech, drama, and debate classes at Notre Dame High School in Omaha, NE. She retired in 1970.

Hobbies/Interests: 25-year member, Blessed Sacrament Church, Omaha, NE; then, a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan, IA, where she taught Sunday school; Member, Omaha Botany Club; was involved in Omaha theatre groups, loved to paint, travel, and dance; also actively promoted education.

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