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Virginia Lee (Ahlden)
Reiswig
Dec 13, 1930 - Nov 13, 2020
Submitted by Glenn
Enid News & Eagle
17 November 2020
Virginia Reiswig passed peacefully into the arms
of Jesus on Friday, November 13, 2020, at the
age of 89, exactly one month before her 90th
birthday.
She was a loving wife, mother,
grandmother, and great-grandmother, and she will
be greatly missed.
Virginia Lee Ahlden Reiswig was born December
13, 1930, at home, to Dick and Dortha Ahlden.
She lived on her family dairy and wheat farm 3½
miles northeast of Okarche, Oklahoma. She was
baptized in December 1930 and confirmed at the
age of 14 at Saint John's Lutheran Church, by
Reverend Paul Hoyer, on April 2, 1944.
She had two sisters: Betty Jean Ford Mays and
Minnie May Tarrant Ballard.
Virginia married Bill Joe Reiswig, her devoted
husband, on April 9, 1950. They lived in
Kingfisher, and Bill worked at the Co-op
Elevator as assistant manager. Bill and Virginia
had three children: Sandra, Jolee and Ken. They
moved the family to Drummond, OK, in 1955, where
Virginia worked as a homemaker and later as an
operator for the Pioneer Telephone Company. She
was also an active member of the Zion Lutheran
Church in Lahoma, the Drummond Study Club, as
well as served on the Garfield County Election
Board.
In
1973, they moved to El Reno and bought into the
Terminal Grain Elevator. Virginia volunteered at
Park View Hospital in El Reno as a "Pink Lady"
for 20 years. Virginia was active in the
Lutheran Women's Missionary League and other
ladies organizations at the Trinity Lutheran
Church in El Reno, OK, where she also sang in
the choir.
Bill and Virginia belonged to several card
playing couples groups, a square dance group, a
couples dinner/dance club in Oklahoma City, and
camped out and traveled with their good friends.
She and Bill traveled to all 50 states, Europe
and other international destinations. Virginia
was an avid bicyclist and rode her bike daily
well into her 80s.
In
July 2007, Bill and Virginia moved to a townhome
at the Baptist Retirement Village in Owasso, OK,
where they joined the Faith Lutheran Church. In
2015, Virginia moved from her townhome to the
Baptist Retirement Center's Assisted Living.
While there, she volunteered to help with the
food trays at mealtimes, loved participating in
all of the activities, including chapel
services, and most-of-all enjoyed playing cards
every day with her friends.
Virginia lived independently in Assisted Living
until July 2019, when she moved to Oxford Glen
Memory Care in Owasso, OK, and, shortly
thereafter, to Prairie House Memory Care in
Broken Arrow, OK. She went to her final home,
Heaven, on November 13, 2020, and what a
homecoming it must have been! Her final resting
place is in the Kingfisher Cemetery beside her
beloved husband, Bill.
Virginia loved Jesus and her family and friends.
She had so much joy and acceptance for everyone.
She rarely had a bad day or complained and was a
tireless worker and took pride in being a
homemaker. Those who know her best will remember
her energy and unwavering joy in life, delicious
Christmas sugar cookies, her festive family
holiday gatherings and her precious, childlike
faith in Jesus.
Virginia was preceded in death by her husband
Bill; her father and mother, Dick and Dortha
Ahlden; sisters Betty and Minnie; and daughter
Jolee Reiswig.
She is
survived by her daughter, Sandra Mahan, her
son-in-law Terry Mahan; her son, Ken Reiswig,
her daughter-in-law Shelly Reiswig;
grandchildren, Tara Storjohann and husband
Nathan, Stacy Redwine and husband Ryan, Mikyla
(Kyla) Pace and husband Tim, and Chris Reiswig
and wife Jodi; great-grandchildren, Ian
Storjohann, Logan Storjohann, Brysan Redwine,
Tillman Redwine, Holdan Redwine, LeAnna Redwine,
Warran Redwine, Daxan Redwine, Laytan Redwine,
Makena Pace, Rielle Pace, Levi Pace, Trevor
Pace, Ellah Burton, Karis Burton, Rennic Burton,
and Baby Boy Reiswig (due on Grandma Virginia's
birthday this year).
The
celebration of Virginia's life will be held at
Saint John's Lutheran Church in Okarche, OK
(where she was also baptized, confirmed, and
married) on Friday, November 20, 2020, at 1 p.m.
Officiating clergy will be Reverend Joel
Heckmann.
Services are under the direction of Sanders
Funeral Service, Kingfisher.
The family
requests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made
to Saint John's Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 66,
Okarche, OK 73762.
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