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Virginia May
VIRGINIA MAY
Anamosa
Virginia May, 76, of Anamosa, died Saturday, May 28, 2022, at UnityPoint St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. A celebration of the lives of Virginia and Ronald May will take place at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, at Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa. The Rev. Robert Heasty will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at the funeral home. Please visit www.goettschonline.com and share your thoughts, memories, stories and condolences with Virginia's family.
Virginia Sue Johnston was born July 29, 1945, in Anamosa, Iowa, the daughter of Howard and Selma (Klinefelter) Johnston. She attended schools and graduated from Anamosa High School. On June 26, 1992, she married Ronald May in Stone City. He died in 2021. She was a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Anamosa. She was employed as a CNA for over 40 years and retired from Hallmark Care Center in Mount Vernon in 2013. Virginia enjoyed playing bingo, watching classic movies and visiting the Great Smoky Mountains. She will be remembered as a woman who was totally committed to her family and loved to spend time with them, especially the grandchildren.
She lives on in the lives of her children, Annette (Steve) Teymer, Lisa (Robert) Heasty and James (Jessye Brink Jr.; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; her siblings, Jana (Ivan) Walker and Margie (Dean) Husman; and her in-laws, Cathy (Jake) Johnston, Rose Millis and Bob May.
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