Virginia Bone (Ginny) Jan. 10, 1923-March 29, 2017


Virginia Bone (Ginny)

     Virginia Bone (Ginny), age 94, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa following a brief illness.

     Funeral services will be held 11 Monday morning, April 3, 2017 at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello. Pastor Emory Gillespie will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 3 until 6 Sunday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

     Virginia is survived by her five children, Susan (Jim) Robertson, Castle Rock, Colo., Barbara (Lawrence) Adam, Kansas City, Mo., Jim (Vickie) Bone, Monticello, Denise Bone, Cedar Rapids, Mark Bone (Nancy Diossy), Monticello; a sister, Donna James, Fayette; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Wyland “Bud” Bone, and sister Ruth Allers. 

     Virginia Rummel was born Jan. 10, 1923 in Fayette County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Otto and Bonna Wilkinson Rummel. Virginia graduated from the Stanley High School in 1940 as Valedictorian. Virginia continued her education at the University of Dubuque graduating on June 14, 1943 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Home Economics, Magna Cum Laude. Her teaching career began at Monticello Community High School where she taught for three years. She married Wyland “Bud” Bone on Nov. 17, 1945 in the chapel at the University of Dubuque. The couple farmed in Lovell Township of Jones County. After her family was raised, Virginia returned to school at the University of Iowa where she received her Masters of Arts in Business in 1970. Virginia returned to teaching and taught 16 years at the Olin Community Schools until her retirement in 1983. She was a member of the Outstanding Secondary Teachers’ Hall of Fame, the National Education Association as an active member for life, Delta Pi Epsilon, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, 94 Club and the Presbyterian Church Women’s Circle.

     In her spare time Virginia knitted hats, gloves and mittens for school children who needed them and hats for newborns and “preemies” at St. Luke’s Hospital. But her real knitting specialty was her unique Christmas stockings that are hanging on fireplace mantels throughout the USA and even abroad. Since Virginia, herself, was a girls basketball star, she enjoyed cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes and watching all the games during “March Madness.” Her sunroom was filled with books and puzzles “in progress” when Judge Judy or ball games weren’t on TV. Virginia worked every day in the summer in her garden. She loved to freeze, can, and share her produce. She was also an excellent seamstress and made and altered many prom dresses over the years. She was known for her deviled eggs and pickled beets. 

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