Virginia Weeldreyer

Virginia (Ginny) Wingate-Weeldreyer Virginia went home to feel God's love on June 25, 2010. She had been fighting heart issues for a number of years. Virginia Jane Tieszen was born at Marion, SD on February 11, 1926. One of five children born to Corney and Elizabeth Tieszen, Virginia was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Donald and one sister, Deloris, as well as a grandson, Wade (Betsy Kemper), a granddaughter, Danielle (Tom and Linda Wingate) and a step-son, Paul Weeldreyer. She is survived by her husband, Lawrence, two sisters, Ethel (Arthur) Tschetter, Lincoln, NE and Sharon (Jim) Lensegrav, Janesville, Wisconsin. Virginia leaves behind three children, children: Wayne (Linoma) Wingate, Lincoln, Nebraska, Tom (Linda) Wingate, Brandon, SD and Betsy (Michael) Kemper of Sioux Falls; two step-children Phil (Mary) Weeldreyer, Chancellor and Steve (Mary) Weeldreyer, Appleton, WI. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. After graduating from Marion High School Virginia boarded a train bound for Washington, DC where she spent the next three years working in the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building during World War II. Virginia returned to Sioux Falls and Marion to raise her family. She became Turner County Auditor and served in the capacity for nearly 20 years before retiring and moving to Chancellor. She later served a number of years on the Turner County Fair Board. Virginia will be remembered as a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, as well as a friend to many. In this family if you had a birthday you were always remembered with one of Ginny's special angel food cakes. Her homemade apple jelly and baked beans and many wonderful memories will live on with her family and friends. Virginia enjoyed time with family and many years with her Bible study group in Chancellor. She and Lawrence had just celebrated their 39th anniversary. Family visitation will take place on Sunday, June 27th between 1 pm and 2 pm with public visitation and the family present from 2 pm to 3 pm at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home in Lennox, SD. Funeral services will be held at 6820 W. 26th Street at Church At The Gate in Sioux Falls on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 2 pm. Interment will be at the Chancellor Baptist Cemetery following the services and fellowship at Church At The Gate.

Virginia Weeldreyer

February 11, 1926 - June 25, 2010

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