area and farmed there for 38 years. They returned to Fort Dodge in 1981 where Virginia became a partner in Gallimaufry Gift Shop on Central Avenue for 10 years. Virginia was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church where she was a Sunday school teacher. She was a Ladies Aid, Member of the Farm Bureau, a 4H Leader for 9 years, belonged to a quilt club, taught sewing and needlework classes at Northwest Fabric and taught ICCC Adult Classes. Memorials may be left to family discretion.