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Virginia L. Bollivar

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[November 06, 2024]  CHATHAM - Virginia L. Bollivar, 88, of Chatham, formerly of McLean, passed away at her daughter’s home in Chatham in the early morning hours of Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

Visitation:  McLean United Methodist Church on Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Service:  11 a.m. Saturday at the church

Funeral home:  Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta

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Virginia L. Bollivar, 88, of Chatham, formerly of McLean, passed away at her daughter’s home in Chatham in the early morning hours of Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

Services for Virginia will be held at the McLean United Methodist Church on Saturday, November 9, 2024. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be followed by Funeral Services at 11:00 a.m. Virginia’s son-in-law, Rev. Paul Dinges, will officiate. Burial will follow at McLean Cemetery.

Virginia L. Jackson was born August 14, 1936, in Kewanee, IL, the daughter of John R. and Lula R. Osborn Jackson. She was united in marriage to Wayne A. Bollivar on June 5, 1960, in Wyoming, IL. He preceded Virginia in death on April 2, 2013.

Virginia is survived by three children: Nancy (Paul) Dinges, Cynthia (David) Honegger, and David (Linda) Bollivar; five grandchildren: Miranda (Robert), Jessica (Cale), Kyle, Brian, and Gregory; four great-grandchildren: Charlotte, Owen, Arlo, and Benjamin; and one sister, Beverly Ann Hall.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Deborah; and two brothers, Francis Jackson and Roger Jackson.
Virginia graduated from Wyoming High School and Western Illinois University. She first worked as a PE and Biology Teacher in Tampico, IL and also at MARC Center in Bloomington. She was well-known in the Olympia School District from her 20 years as a bus driver.

She enjoyed embroidery, crochet, quilting, athletics and bowling. Virginia was a member of the McLean United Methodist Church and loved her bridge club and working in her yard.

Memorials may be made to McLean United Methodist Church or Sonshine Daycare.

Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of Atlanta.


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