Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Virginia E. Beehler

Mar. 24, 1920 – Mar. 22, 2006

 

The Elkhart Truth 3/24/2006

Virginia E. Beehler, 85, of Wakarusa, died Wednesday at 8:52 p.m. at Elkhart General Hospital.

 

She was born March 24, 1920 in South Bend to Millard T. Sr. and Cora (Klinkner) Battles. She married Charles A. Beehler Jr. an Sept. 28, 1940 at the Zion United Church parsonage. He died Nov. 23, 2004. She is survived by two sons, Jim (Genie) Beehler of South Bend and Allan (Sherry) Beehler of Wakarusa; one daughter, Pat (Paul) Hubbard of Wakarusa; 10 grandchildre; 18 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ruby (Dale) Geyer of Bremen and Jeanette Martin of Wakarusa; and one brother, Millard T. Battles Jr. of Kent, Wash. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Helen Schlarb, Evelyn Young and Erma Crowell.

 

She was a homemaker and a farmer, a secretary for Madison Township School and Grissom Middle School, a secretary for Weaver Electric and Heating and a volunteer for 20 years at St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka

 

She was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ in Wakarusa and a past officer of St. Joe Valley Builders Auxiliary. She was a 4-H leader for many years and helped the Lions Club events. She graduated from Madison High School in 1938.

 

Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 65 to 8 today at Rieth-Rohrer-Ehert-Lienhart Funeral Home, Wakarusa. Friends may also call for one hour prior to services at Zion United Church of Christ, Wakarusa. The Rev. Dale Speckman of Zion United Church of Christ will officiate. Burial will follow in Rest Haven Cemetery, Madison Township. Memorial may be given to Zion United Church of Christ.