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Gelsthorpe French
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[July 20, 2022]
LINCOLN -
Virginia Gelsthorpe French, 99, formerly of Waynesville, passed away
at St. Clara’s Rehab & Senior Care on Friday, July 15, 2022. |
Visitation:
10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at the
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta
Service:
11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Virginia Gelsthorpe French, 99,
formerly of Waynesville, passed away at St. Clara’s
Rehab & Senior Care on Friday, July 15, 2022.
Funeral Services for Virginia will be on Tuesday,
July 19, 2022, at the Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in
Atlanta. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until
11:00 a.m. with the Funeral Service beginning at
11:00 a.m. Mr. Maurice Stribling will officiate.
Burial will follow at Rock Creek Cemetery in rural
Waynesville.
Virginia Gelsthorpe was born October 19, 1922, in
Waynesville Township, Ill., the daughter of Jesse
and Martha Ann McCallister Gelsthorpe. She was
united in marriage to James I. French on July 17,
1962. He preceded her in death on January 15, 2012.
Virginia is survived by one sister:
Mary Ellen Gelsthorpe, and many nieces and nephews.
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She was preceded in death by her
husband, four sisters, and two brothers.
Ginny was a member of Jefferson Street Christian
Church. She worked as a Food Supervisor at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital for 20 years and then as
an in-home caregiver.
Memorials may be made to Jefferson Street Christian
Church or an organization of the donor’s choice.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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