Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Virginia Irene Gasaway

Nov. 25, 1922 - March 3, 2004

                                       

South Bend Tribune 3/4/2004

Virginia Irene Gasaway, 81, of South Bend, Ind., passed away Wednesday, March 3, following an illness at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born Nov. 25, 1922, in Mishawaka, Ind., to the late George and Ruth (Dukesherer) Stoeckinger.

 

On Feb. 10, 1951, in Mishawaka, she married Paul Gasaway, who died in 1977. Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded by her sister, Ethel, and brothers, Charles and William. She is survived by her sister, Thelma Rogers of Mishawaka, and many good and loving friends.

 

Virginia retired from the South Bend Police Department in 1986 as a records clerk, and prior she worked as a clerk with the Associates Investments Company from 1958 to 1976. She graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1944, and loved traveling and her K-9 companion, "Missie." She served as president of the South Bend Garden Club and was on the board of directors of the Triple-A Credit Union.

 

Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 5, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., with Rev. Sergio Pereira, pastor of Epworth Memorial United Methodist Church, officiating.

Virginia was a longtime member of Epworth and belonged to the Esther Circle of the church. There were no strangers in her life, and she will be missed. Friends may call in the funeral home today from 4 to 6 p.m. and two hours prior to the funeral on Friday. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka. Memorials may be made to Camp Millhouse, 5600 Kelly Road, South Bend, IN 46614.