Obit: Deacon, Virginia (1935 - 2010)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Deacon, Sischo, Strangfeld, O’Donnell, Place, Sorenson, Scheel

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) July 7, 2010

Deacon, Virginia (11 February 1935 - 1 July 2010)

Virginia Deacon, 75, of Eau Claire passed away Thursday, July 1, 2010, in hospice care at the Dove Healthcare Center in Eau Claire.

Virginia Deacon, daughter of Joseph and Bertha (Sischo) Strangfeld, was born Feb. 11, 1935, in rural Neillsville, and there she attended country school.  She was baptized at the United Methodist Church.  She worked as a nanny in Neillsville and in the dietary department of the Mount Washing Nursing Home in Eau Claire before she was united in marriage to James Thomas Deacon April 17, 1954, in Neillsville.  The couple lived briefly in Fairchild, Neillsville and Kenosha before settling in Eau Claire in 1958.  Virginia loved playing Bingo, Pokeno, reading and working on word find puzzles, but she especially loved spending time with her children and their families.

She will be deeply missed by her six daughters, Dorothy Deacon, Janice (Donald) O’Donnell, and Lillian Deacon, all of Eau Claire, Pamela Jo Place of Barron, Betty (John) Sorenson of Eau Claire and Becky Scheel of Rice Lake.  She is also survived by two brothers, Eddie Strangfeld of Neillsville and Raymond (Carol) Strangfeld of Strum; 30 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James, April 1, 1985; son, Edward Ray Deacon and sister-in-law, Mary Strangfeld.

Funeral services were held at noon, Tuesday, July 6, at the Anderson Funeral Home with burial in the West Lawn Cemetery, both in Augusta.  Visitation was from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and one hour prior to services Tuesday at the funeral home.