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Virginia McSpadden

Written on December 14, 2018 by Staff Reporter

Categories: Obituaries Archive 2018, Wabash County

Virginia McSpadden, 95, Wabash, died at 8:37 am, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Wellbrooke of Wabash. She was born June 1, 1923, in Wabash to William D. and Hazel (Deeter) Lynn.

She was a 1940 graduate of Wabash High School. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, two years and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University in Bloomington. She married Thomas A. McSpadden in New York City, New York, on Dec. 30, 1943; he died Sept. 9, 2003.

She was an active member of the Wabash Presbyterian Church, was active in the Wabash Valley Music Association, and was a longtime member of Tri Kappa Sorority, Wabash Country Club, and Woman’s Clubhouse Association, all in Wabash. She was also a volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels. Virginia enjoyed playing golf and tennis.

She is survived by three sons, Joseph William (Jennifer) McSpadden and Larry Douglas (Jane) McSpadden, both of Wabash; and Bruce Lynn (Kaye) McSpadden of Indianapolis; five grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Norma Kaminsky, who died in 2014.

Family will receive friends from 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash. There will be an immediate family only service. Inurnment will be in Falls Cemetery, at a later date.

Preferred memorials are Wabash Presbyterian Church or Honeywell Foundation.

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