Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5D6642D7074047C1841FEF85E284460EFCCE

Leroy married Shirley Rose Wilson on 28 Nov 1945 in Minneiska, Winona County, Minnesota, USA. Shirley (daughter of John Henry Wilson and Alma Augusta Swanson (Svenssen)) was born on 12 Feb 1923 in Minneiska, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 14 Aug 2009 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Address: Shirley Virnig; Address:
  Callista Court #225
  1455 W. Broadway
  Winona, MN 55987
• Occupation: Minneiska, Winona County, Minnesota, USA
• Phone: (507) 689-2014
• _UID: 860F335775E644C296F50F56B1E9EE5C5470
• Graduation: 1940, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Winona Senior High School,
• Residence: 1999, Minneiska, Winona County, Minnesota, USA

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8/14/2009 Shirley R. (Rodgers) Virnig
Shirley R. (Rodgers) Virnig, age 86, of Minneiska, died early Friday morning, August 14, 2009 at St. Annes Extended Healthcare in Winona. She was born February 12, 1923 in Minneiska, the daughter of John and Alma (Swanson) Wilson. She was a graduate of Winona High School. She worked in Milwaukee and briefly in Washington, D.C. prior to her marriage. She married LeRoy Rodgers November 28, 1945 at St. Marys Catholic Church in Minneiska. She was a homemaker and he was the postmaster there for several years. Following his death in 1979 she became the acting postmaster, retiring in 1983. The post office was located in the grocery store they owned and operated from 1960-1976. She married Wilfred Bill Virnig March 5, 1983 at St. Marys Catholic Church.
She is survived by her husband, Bill Virnig, Winona, MN; daughters and sons-in-law, Ruth and Michael Virnig, Tucson, AZ, Judith and John King, Minneiska, MN, Theresa and Eugene Kohn, Plainview, MN, Doris Rodgers and partner, Ron Hewuse, Houston, MN; sons and daughters-in-law, John and Sigrid Rodgers, Centreville, VA, James and Patricia Rodgers, West Rutland, VT, William and Celeste Rodgers, Buffalo City, WI; 12 grandchildren; step-sons and wives, Michael and Ruth Virnig, Tucson, AZ, Daniel and Carla Virnig, Seattle, WA, Terry and Janice Virnig, Portland, OR, Arden and Patti Virnig, Onamia, MN; step-daughters and husbands, Barbara Virnig, Rochester, MN, Linda and John Kaufmann, Salem, OR, Donna and James Behmke, Columbus, OH, Ann and Donald Hoechst, Spring Grove, MN, Veronica and Gary Ives, Winona, MN, Christina and James Meyers, Eugene, OR; several step-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild; nieces and nephews. Her first husband, LeRoy, two brothers, Stanley and Woodrow Wilson and three sisters, Phyllis Moore, Helen Siemanowski and Lila Speltz, preceded her in death.
Shirley was a life long member of St. Marys Catholic Church and its St. Anns Society.
A funeral Mass will be offered on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 11:00am at St. Marys Catholic Church in Minneiska with the Reverend Donald Lovas officiating. Interment will be in St. Marys Cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Monday from 5-8pm where there will be a prayer service at 7:30pm and one hour before the service on Tuesday.
If you would like to send your condolences to the family please send email to:
abbottfh@wabasha.net
The Abbott Funeral Home of Wabasha is in charge of arrangements.
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Occupation:
Was Postmaster

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• _UID: 41F32D3EFD3346E8840547FE0D58C8C8C051
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; 1880 Federal

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Birth:
(Winona VR has 8 Sep 1874)

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Household Members:
J. G. Wilson 47
Sarah Wilson 47
Wm. Wilson 18
Geo. A. Wilson 14
Judson Wilson 12
Sarah Wilson 10
Frances Wilson 7
John Wilson 6
Delbert Wilson 3
E. L. Wilson 71

John married Alma Augusta Swanson (Svenssen) on 26 Dec 1900 in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA. Alma was born on 13 Nov 1881 in Minneiska, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; died on 1 May 1956 in Minneiska, Winona County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Minneiska, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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