ROCHELLE — Virginia E. White, 89, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 at Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon.
Virginia was born June 11, 1930 to Rudolph A. and Lola I. (Klinefelter) Gromann in Troy Grove, at her grandmother’s farm home. She married Frank J. White on June 6, 1954 in Mendota. He preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 1996.
Virginia was a member of the Rochelle Hospital Auxiliary and an active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mendota. Once she moved to Rochelle she became a faithful, enthusiastic member of Faith Lutheran Church.
Virginia is survived by her three children, Karla (Ron) Williams of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Karen (Tony) Ayala of Rochelle, and Steve (Jodie) White of Cloquet, Minnesota; nine grandchildren,
Nicholas (Deborah Ann) White, Caitlan Ayala, Keisha Williams, Hannah (Jacob) Hamalian, Meagann (fiancé Derek Stultz) Ayala, Shanisse (Dakota Martin) Williams, Emma White, Lydia (fiancé Les Jacob) White and A.J. (Katie Schoenborn) Ayala; and two great-grandsons, Leo Ayala and Theodore Martin.
In addition to her parents and husband, she is predeceased by three brothers, Donald, Harold and Rudolph Jr, Gromann.
Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 at Faith Lutheran Church, 14206 E. Flagg Rd., with Pastor Joy Alsop officiating. Visitation will be held immediately prior on Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Faith Lutheran Church. Burial at Trinity Memory Gardens.
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