Virginia Stephens

Virginia Helen Stephens, 85, of Mexico, died Sept. 6, 2011, at Golden Living Center-Pin Oaks, in Mexico.

Funeral services will be held 1p.m,Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Pickering Funeral Home with

Rev. Jerry Ostrom officiating. Visitation will be from noon until time of service. Burial will be in the

Auxvasse City Cemetery.

She was born April 7, 1926 in Fulton Mo, a daughter of Harley and Helen (Lemers) Giboney. She married her husband of 62 years, Charles Richard Stephens, on March 22, 1947, in Fulton, he preceded in her in death on Oct. 21, 2009.

Mrs. Stephens was a devoted housewife and mother. She was always willing to lend a helping hand to her husband and children. No one had more uses for duct tape.

She is survived by one son, Mike Stephens, Lake Wales FIa., and Mexico Mo; one daughter, Barbara (Jeannie) Dodge and husband Dave, Auburn Wa; one granddaughter, Jennifer Frisbie and husband Jonathan, Jefferson City; two great-granddaughters, Lilly and Henley; one great-grandson, Wyatt; one sister Doris Ann Crump, New Bloomfield. Virginia was preceded in death by her husband, six brothers and three sisters.

Memorials may be given to the A1zheimers Foundation or American Cancer Society in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico MO 65265.