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Virginia Dechant
VIRGINIA DECHANT
Marion
Virginia Dechant, 88, of Marion, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Celebration of Life: 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, KS 67661. Services will be streamed on the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel Facebook page. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery, Phillipsburg. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral chapel.
Survivors include her sons, David of Marion, Stephen of Treasure Island, Fla., and Thomas of Tampa, Fla.
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