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Virginia McVay
VIRGINIA ROSE MCVAY
Maquoketa
Virginia Rose McVay, 97, of Maquoketa, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017, in Maquoketa.
A celebration of Virginia's life will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 22, at Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. A memorial visitation will be held before the service beginning at 2 p.m. Cremation has taken place and a private burial was held at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Virginia Rose Wilson was born Dec. 5, 1919, in Irving, Iowa, to George and Rose (Staelens) Wilson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, George and Charles Wilson; and sisters, Edna Kouba, Bernice Papesh, Arilla Prichard, Josephine Arens, Arlene Vileta and Dorothy Walton.
Those left to honor her memory include a sister, Elnora Schwab of Cedar Rapids; her children, Patricia (Dennis) Hasenbank of Maquoketa and Leon (Louise) Gorsch of Davis, Ill.; eight grandchildren, Calvin (Heidi) Willson, Crystal (Scott) Burmeister, Terry Hasenbank, Teresa (Kevin) Bock, Dennis Hasenbank Jr., Denise (Wesley) Abbott, Lon (Rebecca) Gorsch and Larry (Michelle Sayset) Gorsch; 20 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Online condolences may be left at www.CarsonAndSon.com.
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