Virginia Gettinger
Virginia (Richmond) Gettinger, 76, of Overbrook, died April 25, 2006.
Born Sept. 4, 1929, at Hillsboro, she was the daughter of Frank and Nellie (Mott) Richmond.
She attended grade schools at Hillsboro and Florence and graduated in 1947 from Florence High School.
She attended Kansas City Secretarial School and was employed with Fidelity Underwriting Agency in Kansas City, Mo., for 31 years.
On Jan. 14, 1951, she married Richard Gettinger at Ottawa. He died in 2002.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth "Frankie" and Vince Schmitt of Seattle, Wash.; three sisters, Eleanor and Paul Silhan of Salina, Regina and Ed Prothman of Breckenridge, Mo., and Loretta "Tootsie" and Dale Snelling of Marion; brother, Richard and Judy Richmond of Valrico, Fla.; two grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial was held April 29 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, northeast of Overbrook.
Memorial funds have been established with the church or Midland Hospice House.
